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Evaluation of pseudoenhancement of renal cysts during contrast-enhanced CT.
AJR. American Journal of Roentgenology 2000 Februrary
OBJECTIVE: The purpose of our study was to evaluate renal cyst pseudoenhancement during helical CT in a phantom model and in patients.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: Iodine baths containing water-filled spheres and cylinders were constructed to simulate cysts in enhancing renal parenchyma. Iodine concentration, cyst size and location, collimation, and peak kilovoltage were varied and cyst attenuation was measured. Data were analyzed with the mixed linear models and Mantel-Haenszel tests. Subsequently, a paired t test compared CT attenuation values before and after contrast material enhancement in 40 patients with 68 renal cysts (radiographic stability >3 months).
RESULTS: The attenuation values of phantom cysts increased when placed in a contrast media bath (p = 0.001). The increase in attenuation values became more pronounced with increasing iodine concentrations, decreasing peak kilovoltage, and smaller sphere sizes. In patients, mean cyst attenuation increased 3.4 +/- 6.2 H after administration of contrast material (p = 0.00002). The attenuation did not increase more than 10 H in any of the 37 cysts larger than 2 cm found in patients. Eight (26%) of the 31 cysts smaller than 2 cm found in patients increased by at least 10 H.
CONCLUSION: In a phantom model, at simulated physiologic levels of renal enhancement, cysts may pseudoenhance by more than 10 H. Similarly, in patients, cysts may also pseudoenhance; however, most pseudoenhancement does not exceed 10 H. In patients, pseudoenhancement of at least 10 H is more likely in cysts smaller than 2 cm.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: Iodine baths containing water-filled spheres and cylinders were constructed to simulate cysts in enhancing renal parenchyma. Iodine concentration, cyst size and location, collimation, and peak kilovoltage were varied and cyst attenuation was measured. Data were analyzed with the mixed linear models and Mantel-Haenszel tests. Subsequently, a paired t test compared CT attenuation values before and after contrast material enhancement in 40 patients with 68 renal cysts (radiographic stability >3 months).
RESULTS: The attenuation values of phantom cysts increased when placed in a contrast media bath (p = 0.001). The increase in attenuation values became more pronounced with increasing iodine concentrations, decreasing peak kilovoltage, and smaller sphere sizes. In patients, mean cyst attenuation increased 3.4 +/- 6.2 H after administration of contrast material (p = 0.00002). The attenuation did not increase more than 10 H in any of the 37 cysts larger than 2 cm found in patients. Eight (26%) of the 31 cysts smaller than 2 cm found in patients increased by at least 10 H.
CONCLUSION: In a phantom model, at simulated physiologic levels of renal enhancement, cysts may pseudoenhance by more than 10 H. Similarly, in patients, cysts may also pseudoenhance; however, most pseudoenhancement does not exceed 10 H. In patients, pseudoenhancement of at least 10 H is more likely in cysts smaller than 2 cm.
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