Helical CT findings of primary hepatic sarcoma (report of 6 cases and literature review) / 实用放射学杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To improve the diagnostic accuracy by analyzing the CT features of primary hepatic sarcoma.Methods The CT findings of 6 cases with primary hepatic sarcoma confirmed by histopathology were analyzed retrospectively,including primary hepatic angiosarcoma 2 cases,and epithelioid hemangioendothelioma,primary hepatic lymphoma,alveolar soft-part sarcoma,undif-ferentiated embryonal sarcoma,1 case each.Results Primary hepatic sarcoma appeared as multiple nodules with heterogeneous and progressive enhencement in one case,and a dominant mass with multiple satellite nodules in another case.Epithelioid hemangioendo-thelioma displayed as multifocal hepatic disease involving both liver lobes,more than half of the lesions were peripheral and extended to the liver margin.Primary hepatic lymphoma demonstrated as an ill-defined low-density lesion with irregular ring enhancement. Alveolar soft-part sarcoma presented as a well-defined low-density lesion with obviously heterogeneous enhancement in arterial phase.Undifferentiated embryonal sarcoma appeared as a huge cystic lesion with slightly margin enhancement.Conclusion The CT findings of primary hepatic sarcoma are associated with the pathological types,combining clinical symptoms with typical CT features are helpful to the diagnosis.The ultimate diagnosis relies on pathology and immune histochemistry.