Paradoxic uptake of Gd-EOB-DTPA by hepatocellular carcinoma in mice: Quantitative image analysis

Abstract

To determine whether paradoxic uptake of gadolinium-ethoxybenzyl - diethylenetriamine pentaacetic acid (Gd-EOB-DTPA) occurs only with highly differentiated hepatocellular carcinomas, quantitative image analysis was performed in 37 mice with 133 hepatocellular carcinomas. The results of lesion/liver signal intensity measurement and relative enhancement calculation indicate that paradoxic positive enhancement occurs independently of cellular differentiation.