Hepatic veno-occlusive disease after myeloablative treatment and bone marrow transplantation: Value of gray-scale and Doppler US in 100 patients

Nathalie Lassau, Jérome Leclère, Anne Auperin, Jean H. Bourhis, Olivier Hartmann, Dominique Valteau-Couanet, Ellen Benhamou, Jacques Bosq, Amad Ibrahim, Théo Girinski, José L. Pico, Alain Roche

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    Abstract

    PURPOSE: To determine the value of gray-scale ultrasonography (US) and Doppler US in the prediction, diagnosis, and prognostic assessment of hepatic veno-occlusive disease (HVOD). MATERIALS AND METHODS: One hundred patients (median age, 22 years; range, 18 months to 59 years) receiving total body irradiation or busulfan therapy as intensive treatment before hematopoietic stem cell transplantation were studied prospectively. Each patient underwent gray-scale and Doppler US examination before transplantation and weekly thereafter while hospitalized (about four examinations per patient). Seven gray-scale morphologic criteria and seven Doppler criteria were studied, yielding three individual scores: gray-scale score, Doppler score, and total score. RESULTS: Twenty-five patients developed HVOD; nine of these patients died. Positive predictive values of the 14 criteria were 31%-95%, and negative predictive values were 85%-96%. The three scores correlated with the clinical diagnosis of HVOD. Depending on the cutoff value, the positive predictive value of the total score was 44%-89% and the negative predictive value was 91%-98%. The gray-scale and Doppler criteria differed significantly between patients with HVOD and those with graft-versus-host disease of the liver (p = 10-4). CONCLUSION: Even if there is overlap in findings between patients with and those without HVOD, gray-scale and Doppler US are valid for positive and differential diagnosis and have predictive and prognostic relevance.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)545-552
    Number of pages8
    JournalRadiology
    Volume204
    Issue number2
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 1997

    Keywords

    • Hepatic arteries, US
    • Hepatic arteries, stenosis or obstruction
    • Liver, US
    • Portal vein, US
    • Portal vein, stenosis or obstruction

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