Imaging Findings of Mucinous Type of... : Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography (original) (raw)

Imaging Findings of Mucinous Type of Cholangiocellular Carcinoma

• Makiko Hayashi
• Osamu Matsui
• Kazuhiko Ueda
• Masumi Kadoya
• Jun Yoshikawa
• Toshifumi Gabata
• Tsutomu Takashima
• Ryohei Izumi
• Yasuni Nakanuma

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

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May-June 1996

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Objective

To demonstrate the imaging findings seen in two cases of mucinous type of cholangiocellular carcinoma of the liver.

Materials and Methods

The CT and MR findings of two patients with pathologically proven mucinous type of cholangiocellular carcinoma were analyzed.

Results

One of them showed calcification, both cases had no enhancing on the arterial dominant phase of dynamic CT, but showed enhancement in the periphery and internal septations on the equilibrium phase. The internal signal intensity was homogenous, and extremely hypo- and hyperintense on T1- and T2-weighted images, respectively.

Conclusion

Imaging findings were unique reflecting the characteristic pathological features that cancer cell nests are suspended in a large mucinous lake, and the specific diagnosis was considered to be possible by the integrated imaging diagnosis.