ultrasound of liver and biliary tract in children · - hepatoblastoma (80 - 90%) - hepatocellular...
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ULTRASOUND OF LIVER AND BILIARY
TRACT IN CHILDREN
Oscar Navarro, MD
Associate Professor, University of Toronto
Staff Radiologist, The Hospital for Sick Children
Toronto, Canada
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CONTENTS
1. Focal liver masses
2. Biliary tract pathology
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FOCAL HEPATIC MASSES
Broad spectrum in etiology and imaging
appearance
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CLASSIFICATION OF HEPATIC TUMORS
Metastatic
Hepatoblastoma
Hepatocellular: HCC, FNH, adenoma
Mesenchymal: “hemangiomas”, mesenchymal hamartoma, undifferentiated embryonal sarcoma
Biliary: cyst, rhabdomyosarcoma
Infectious
Hematoma
Pseudomasses: focal fatty infiltration, focal fatty sparing
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HEPATIC MASSES - SONOGRAPHY
Screening technique of choice
Readily available, fast, less expensive
Reveals location, extent, solid or cystic
nature, and assess vascular invasion
If normal, no further imaging
If US not optimal or shows a mass → CT or
MRI
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AGE
Newborn <3 years 3-10 years >10 years
congenital
hemangioma
infantile
hemangioma
hepatoblastoma hepatocellular
carcinoma
metastases hepatoblastoma hepatocellular
carcinoma
lymphoma
hematoma/
abscess
metastases metastases focal nodular
hyperplasia
mesenchymal
hamartoma
focal nodular
hyperplasia
embryonal
sarcoma
focal nodular
hyperplasia
embryonal
sarcoma
metastases
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ALPHA FETOPROTEIN
• Elevated
- Hepatoblastoma (80 - 90%)
- Hepatocellular carcinoma
(60 - 90%)
• Normal values in infants < 6m
can be higher than in older
children
- particularly important in
premature babies
• Normal
Hemangioma
Hemangioendothelioma
Sarcoma
Metastases
Fibrolamellar HCC
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HEPATIC TUMORS IN CHILDREN
Metastatic liver lesions in children
Neuroblastoma
Wilms
Lymphoma
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Newborn 0d with left adrenal neuroblastoma
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6y : lymphoma
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HEPATOBLASTOMA
Most common malignant primary pediatric
liver tumor (75%)
Typically 6m-3y; 90% <5y; 4% at birth
5% associated with Beckwith-Wiedemann,
familial adenomatous polyposis, Gardner
syndromes
Association with low-birth weight (relative risk
in <1500g = 15.64 c/w >2500g)
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HEPATOBLASTOMA - IMAGING
Appearances are not specific
Any liver mass in a child should be
considered hepatoblastoma unless specific
clinical or imaging features suggest
otherwise
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2y
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3y
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16m
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8y
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HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA
Older age group than hepatoblastoma
Peak at 12-15y; rarely before 4y
In ~50%, preexisting liver disease (hepatitis
B, tyrosinemia, type I glycogen storage
disease, biliary atresia, familial cholestasis,
hyperalimentation, Wilson disease)
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HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA
Imaging features are not specific
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15y : hepatitis B
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11y : tyrosinemia
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FOCAL NODULAR HYPERPLASIA
Regenerative nodule possibly in response to
vascular malformation and/or vascular injury
May present at any age (youngest in
literature 43 days old)
Often incidental
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FOCAL NODULAR HYPERPLASIA
Abnormal nodular architecture
Malformed vessels
Cholangiolar proliferation
Composed of nodules surrounded by
radiating fibrous septa originating from a
central scar
Centrifugal arterial flow
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FOCAL NODULAR HYPERPLASIA
Often not well seen
Isoechoic or slightly hypo- or hyperechoic
Mass effect on adjacent vessels
Deformity of liver contours
Hypoechoic halo: compressed parenchyma
Spoke-wheel arterial pattern
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10y : incidental finding
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6y : back pain, resolved at time of US
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FOCAL NODULAR HYPERPLASIA
Multiple lesions in 20-25% of FNH (adults)
Often lack central scar
Becoming more common in oncology
patients after completion of therapy
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10y : right adrenal neuroblastoma off-therapy for 4 years
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HEPATIC HEMANGIOMAS
Terminology is confusing:
Hemangioma of infancy (new term for lesions previously known as hemangioendothelioma type I & II or capillary hemangioma)
Congenital hemangiomas (RICH described in liver)
Hemangioendothelioma (specific types, intermediate aggressiveness; in children: kaposiform & epithelioid types)
Cavernous hemangioma – adult type hemangioma (most are venous malformations)
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HEMANGIOMA OF INFANCY
Neoplasm of endothelial cells
Similar to infantile hemangiomas in skin and
other soft tissues
Characteristic phases of rapid growth and
spontaneous involution
Histology: GLUT 1 (+)
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HEMANGIOMA OF INFANCY
In liver, often multifocal
May be associated with hemangiomas elsewhere
Usually incidental although may present with CHF
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HEMANGIOMA OF INFANCY
Usually well defined margins, hypoechoic or
heterogeneous, less common hyperechoic
Some associated with signs of high flow and may
have A-V shunting
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1y : incidental finding
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4m : CT done for presumed primary pulmonary hypertension showed liver abnormality
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FOCAL HEMANGIOMA
Most are equivalent to RICH
Peak of growth at birth followed by rapid
involution
Histology: GLUT 1 (-)
US: solitary lesion, hypervascular, more
heterogeneous
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6d , incidental finding during work-up for 2-vessel cord: RICH
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5m
RICH: Follow-up at 5m of age
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MESENCHYMAL HAMARTOMA
Benign developmental malformation
Mixture of bile ducts, hepatocytes, vessels, and mesenchyma without lymphatics
Mainly cystic (spaces 5 mm - 15 cm) due to fluid accumulation although with variable solid component (stroma)
85% in < 2y
Enlarging abdomen but o/w asymptomatic
Lab usually normal
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MESENCHYMAL HAMARTOMA
Multilocular mass containing cystic spaces
with anechoic or hypoechoic fluid separated
by echogenic septa
If cystic spaces are small may appear
solid
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3m : hepatomegaly
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UNDIFFERENTIATED EMBRYONAL SARCOMA
Rare, mainly in older children and
adolescents
Fever, painful mass, normal αFP
Large mass 7-20 cm
Undifferentiated sarcomatous tissue in a
myxoid matrix (solid-cystic) → US
appearance
Poor prognosis
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12y : hepatomegaly
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BILIARY TRACT PATHOLOGY
US is extremely useful and often only
imaging modality required
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NEONATAL CONJUGATED HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA
Neonatal hepatitis and biliary atresia are
common causes
Differentiation is crucial for management
Surgical for biliary atresia
Medical in hepatitis
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NEONATAL HEPATITIS
Nonspecific inflammation:
Infection (serum hepatitis, CMV, herpes simplex, toxoplasmosis, rubella, protozoa, syphilis)
Defects of metabolism (α1-antitrypsin deficiency, galactosemia, GSD, tyrosinosis)
Familial cholestatic syndromes
US findings are nonspecific and not always present
Hepatomegaly
Hyperechoic parenchyma
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BILIARY ATRESIA
Congenital obliterative cholangiopathy of unknown etiology
Affects both intra- and extrahepatic ducts
Types:
Non-syndromic
Syndromic (heterotaxy, interrupted IVC, preduodenal portal vein, intestinal malrotation, cardiac defects, polysplenia)
Early diagnosis and prompt surgery crucial for prognosis
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BILIARY ATRESIA
US is useful in diagnosis & highly accurate in experienced hands
Some authors show high sensitivity and specificity of US suggesting that the combination of US findings may obviate biopsy and indicate surgery
NASPGHAN guidelines recommend that US cannot be used to rule out BA
Scintigraphy with hepatobiliary agents, cholangiography and liver biopsy may also be needed
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BILIARY ATRESIA: US DIAGNOSIS
Gallbladder Small size <19mm or not seen
Abnormal shape
Wall irregularity
Triangular cord sign
Non-visualization of CBD
Hepatomegaly
Splenomegaly
Prominent hepatic artery (2.2mm 0.59)
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BILIARY ATRESIA: US DIAGNOSIS
Gallbladder:
Seen 77%; not seen 23%
<19mm 61%; ≥19mm 39%
Abnormal shape 70%; normal shape 30%
Wall irregularity 91%; normal wall 9%
Triangular cord sign:
Present 73%; absent 27% (false + 0.7%)
CBD:
Not detected 93%; detected 7%
Humphrey TM & Stringer MD. Radiology 2007;244:845-851
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BILIARY ATRESIA
2m : conjugated hyperbilirubinemia & hepatosplenomegaly
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CHOLEDOCHAL CYST
Congenital dilatation of the common bile duct
Diagnosis: <1y 30%, 1y-10y 50%; >10y 20%
Classic triad: jaundice, abdominal pain and
mass only seen in 20-50%
Etiology unknown
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CHOLEDOCHAL CYST
Well defined, fluid-filled mass in or near porta
hepatis, separate from the gallbladder
Intrahepatic biliary dilatation in 50%, limited
to central hepatic ducts
Complications: rupture, lithiasis (cyst,
gallbladder, pancreatic duct), neoplasia,
pancreatitis
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TODANI CLASSIFICATION (1977)
Type I: Segmental or diffuse fusiform dilatation of CBD (75-95%)
Type II: Diverticulum
Type III: Choledochocele
Type IV: Multiple extrahepatic cysts (B) or associated with Caroli-type intrahepatic biliary cysts (A)
Type V: Caroli disease
Nievelstein et al. Pediatr Radiol 2011; 41:55–75
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CHOLEDOCHAL CYST
4w : antenatal diagnosis of RUQ cyst
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CHOLEDOCHAL CYST
10m : vomiting
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CAROLI DISEASE/SYNDROME
Autosomal recessive congenital cystic dilatation of
intrahepatic ducts
Termed Caroli syndrome when associated with
congenital hepatic fibrosis, more common in
children and when symptomatic is due to portal
hypertension
Caroli disease in adults presents clinically with
calculus formation & recurrent bacterial cholangitis
Associated with renal tubular ectasia → ARPKD
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CAROLI DISEASE/SYNDROME
Multiple dilated tubular and cystic structures
Clustered or diffuse
Echogenic protrusions or bands that extend into
lumen of dilated duct → “echogenic dot” sign
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3y : ARPKD
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LANGERHANS CELL HISTIOCYTOSIS (LCH)
Rare, peak 1-3 years
Proliferation of antigen-presenting dendritic cells (Langerhans cells) may be reaction to infection, cytokines or a clonal proliferative disorder
Liver involvement: 10% at presentation and >14% over course of disease
Liver LCH involvement of biliary ducts → sclerosing cholangitis → biliary cirrhosis → liver failure
Liver damage may progress despite LCH regression
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LANGERHANS CELL HISTIOCYTOSIS (LCH)
Echogenic wall thickening of intrahepatic
biliary ducts (periportal distribution)
May result in focal biliary dilatation
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2y
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THE END
2015