Journal of Practical Hepatology ›› 2022, Vol. 25 ›› Issue (1): 88-91.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1672-5069.2022.01.022

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Diagnostic value of MRI and serum GPC3 levels in patients with nodular regenerative hyperplasia

Tan Yuying, Zhang Xin, Zhang Juanzi, et al   

  1. Department of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance,Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University,Rizhao 276800, Shandong Province,China
  • Received:2021-01-29 Published:2022-01-12

Abstract: Objective The aim of this study was to investigate the diagnostic value of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)and serum glypican 3 (GPC3) levels in patients with nodular regenerative hyperplasia (NRH). Methods A total of 79 patients with NRH were admitted to our hospital between March 2016 and August 2019. Serum GPC3 levels were detected by ELISA, and all patients underwent MRI scan. After finishing the check-up, all patients received hepatectomy. The differential value of MRI and serum GPC3 levels for the four types of hepatic lesions was analyzed by receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves. Results The post-operational histopathological examination showed focal nodular hyperplasia (FNH) in 25 cases, liver cell adenoma (LCA) in 18 cases, dysplasia nodule(DN) in 20 cases and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in 16 cases; serum GPC3 level in patients with HCC was (2.2±0.4) ng/ml, significantly higher than (1.0±0.2) ng/ml in patients with FNH, or (1.2±0.2) ng/ml in patients with LCA (P<0.05), while serum GPC3 level in patients with DN was (1.8±0.3) ng/ml, not significantly different compared to that in patients with HCC (P>0.05); the accuracy by MRI in diagnosing HCC, DN, FNH and LCA were 88.0%(22/25), 88.9%(16/18), 70.0%(14/20) and 75.0%(12/16), not significantly different (P>0.05); the AUC of MRI and serum GPC3 level combination in diagnosing HCC was 0.760, significantly higher than in other three hepatic lesions (0.610, 0.611 and 0.614, respectively, P<0.05). Conclusion MRI and serum GPC3 level combination in distinguishing hepatic NRH is promising and efficacious, which warrants further clinical investigations.

Key words: Nodular regenerative hyperplasia, MRI, Glypican 3, Diagnosis