Ming-Rui Zhu, Chong-Ke Zhao, Yi-Kang Sun, Xiao-Long Li, Hao-Hao Yin, Dan Lu, Xin Ye, Xin-Yuan Hu, Xi Wang, Han-Sheng Xia, Hong Han, Bo-Yang Zhou, Hui-Xiong Xu, Li-Fan Wang
OBJECTIVE: The study aimed to investigate the predictive value of dynamic contrast-enhanced ultrasound (DCE-US) in differentiating small-duct (SD) and large-duct (LD) types of intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (ICC). METHODS: This study retrospectively enrolled 110 patients with pathologically confirmed ICC lesions who were subject to preoperative contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) examinations between January 2022 and February 2023. Patients were further classified according to the subtype: SD-type and LD-type, and an optimal predictive model was established and validated using the above pilot cohort...
May 16, 2024: Insights Into Imaging