Clinical characteristics and CT features of hepatic epithelioid haemangioendothelioma and comparison with those of liver metastases

Wang, Xiaopeng; Liang, Pan; Lv, Peijie; Li, Rui; Hou, Ping; Gao, Jianbo

doi:10.1186/s13244-021-01143-x

Insights into Imaging

Table 2 CT imaging features and enhancement patterns of HEH

From: Clinical characteristics and CT features of hepatic epithelioid haemangioendothelioma and comparison with those of liver metastases

Case	Type	Diameter	Contour	Calcification	Patterns of contrast enhancement		Capsular	Lollipop	Vascular	Transference
Case	Type	Diameter	Contour	Calcification	Artery phase	Portal venous phase	retraction	sign	invasion	Transference
1	Solitary	47	Round	Spot	Nodular/hyper-perfusion	Heterogeneous progressive	Yes	No	No	Peritoneum
2	Solitary	29	Round	No	Slightly	Homogeneous slightly	No	Yes	No	No
3	Solitary	32	Round	No	Slightly	Target sign/moderate	No	No	Yes	No
4	Multiple	9–21	Round	No	Minimal	Homogeneous slightly	Yes	No	No	No
5	Multiple	23–41	Round	Nodular	Slightly	Target sign/slightly	Yes	no	no	no
6	Multiple	11–26	Round	No	Ring-like	Target sign/moderate	Yes	Yes	No	No
7	Multiple	5–69	Round	No	Ring-like/hyper-perfusion	Homogeneous moderate	No	No	No	No
8	Multiple	6–33	Round	No	Ring-like	Target sign/moderate	No	Yes	No	No
9	Multiple	9–26	Round-like	No	Slightly	Homogeneous/moderate	No	No	No	No
10	Multiple	3–62	Round	No	Ring-like	Target sign/slightly	Yes	Yes	No	lung
11	Multiple	6–53	Round	No	Slightly	Homogeneous slightly	Yes	Yes	No	No
12	Multiple	12–43	Round-like	No	Ring-like	Target sign/moderate	Yes	No	No	Lung, peritoneum
13	Diffuse	5–73	Round	No	Ring-like	Target sign/moderate	Yes	Yes	Yes	Lung, lymph gland
14	Diffuse	3–38	Irregular	No	Ring-like	Homogeneous moderate	Yes	Yes	No	No
15	Diffuse	8–89	Irregular	No	Ring-like/hyper-perfusion	Heterogeneous slightly	No	No	No	No
16	Diffuse	> 32	Strip‑like,	no	Minimal	Target sign/heterogeneous	No	Yes	Yes	No
17	Diffuse	23–69	Strip‑like,	no	Minimal	Homogeneous slightly	Yes	Yes	No	No
18	Diffuse	4–36	Irregular	No	Ring-like/hyper-perfusion	Target sign/slightly	Yes	Yes	No	No
19	Diffuse	5–73	Strip-like	No	Minimal	Homogeneous slightly	Yes	No	No	Peritoneum
20	Diffuse	16–57	Flaky	No	Minimal	Homogeneous slightly	Yes	No	No	No

HEH hepatic epithelioid haemangioendothelioma

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