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. 2013 Jun;4(3):339-45.
doi: 10.1007/s13244-013-0252-x. Epub 2013 May 11.

Diffusion weighted MRI in chronic viral hepatitis: correlation between ADC values and histopathological scores

Mehmet Ruhi Onur  1 , Ahmet Kursad Poyraz, Pinar Gundogan Bozdag, Semen Onder, Cem Aygun
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Diffusion weighted MRI in chronic viral hepatitis: correlation between ADC values and histopathological scores

Mehmet Ruhi Onur et al. Insights Imaging. 2013 Jun.

Abstract

Objective: To investigate the utility of apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) measurement in the diagnosis of chronic viral hepatitis (CVH) and correlation between ADC values and histopathologic severity of CVH.

Materials and methods: The ADC values of liver parenchyma on diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (DWMRI) were measured in 50 patients with a history of CVH and 51 healthy subjects at b 100, b 600 and b 1,000 gradients. Comparison between mean ADC values of the CVH and control groups and correlation results between ADC values and necroinflammation and fibrosis scores in CVH were obtained.

Results: Mean ADC values of CVH patients were significantly lower than mean ADC values of the control group at b 100 and b 600 gradients (P < 0.05). There was no significant difference between the CVH and control groups at the b 1,000 gradient (P > 0.05). No significant correlation was found between ADC values and histopathologic scores of CVH (P > 0.05).

Conclusion: ADC values obtained at the b 100 and b 600 gradients can be used to distinguish between the liver parenchyma of CVH and healthy subjects. ADC measurement was not found to be useful for estimation of the degree of necroinflammation and fibrosis in CVH.

Teaching points: • In chronic viral hepatitis apparent coefficient values are decreased in the liver • There is no correlation between ADC values and histopathologic severity of CVH • DW images obtained at low b values have more ability to demonstrate an ADC decrease in viral hepatitis.

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Fig. 1
Boxplot graphic demonstrates ADC values of patients in the CVH and control group at b 100, b 600 and b 1,000 gradients
Fig. 2
Fig. 2
ADC measurements at the b 100 gradient. Mean ADC value of liver parenchyma in a patient with CVH (3.43 × 10 −3 mm2/s) (a) was significantly lower than the mean ADC value (4.79 × 10 −3 mm2/s) of a patient in the control group (b)
Fig. 3
Fig. 3
ADC measurement at b 1,000 gradient. Mean ADC value of liver parenchyma (0.95 × 10 −3 mm2/s) (a) is not significantly lower than in patients in the control group (0.99 × 10 −3 mm2/s) (b)
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