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Background  To investigate value of the quantitative perfusion parameters of dynamic triple-phase enhanced CT in differential diagnosis of pulmonary lesions, and explore the correlation between perfusion parameters of lung cancer with microvessel density (MVD) and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF).    Methods  73 consecutive patients with lung lesions who successfully underwent pre-operative CT perfusion examination with dynamic triple-phase enhanced CT and received a final diagnosis by postoperative pathology or a clinical follow-up. The cases were divided into malignant and benign groups according to the pathological results. CT perfusion parameters, such as Median, Mean, Standard deviation (Std), Q10, Q25, Q50, Q75, Q90 of pulmonary artery perfusion (PAP), bronchial artery perfusion (BAP), perfusion index (PI) and arterial enhancement fraction (AEF) were obtained by performing computed tomography perfusion imaging (CTPI). Computed tomography perfusion (CTP) parameters were compared between malignant and benign lesions. The receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve was used to assess the diagnostic efficiency of CTP parameters in diagnosing malignant lesions. The correlations between CTP parameters with MVD and VEGF were analysed in 36 lung cancer patients who had extra sections be used for immunohistochemistry staining of CD34 and VEGF.    Results  BAP (Mean, Std, Q90) and PI Std of benign lesions were higher than malignant lesions ( p  < 0.05), and PAP (Q10, Q25), PI (Median, Mean, Q10, Q25, Q50) of malignant lesions were higher than the benign ( p  < 0.05). The area under the ROC curve of PI Mean, PI Q10 and PI Std was 0.722 (95% CI = [0.595–0.845]), 0.728 (95% CI = [0.612–0.844]) and 0.717 (95% CI = [0.598–0.835]) respectively. Partial perfusion parameters of BAP and AEF Q10 were positively correlated with MVD ( p  value range is < 0.001–0.037, ρ value range is 0.483–0.683), and partial perfusion parameters of PI were negatively correlated with MVD ( p  value range is 0.001–0.041,ρvalue range is − 0.523–− 0.343). Partial perfusion parameters of BAP and AEF Q10 were positively correlated with VEGF ( p  value range is 0.001–0.016, ρvalue range is 0.398–0.570), meanwhile some perfusion parameters of PAP and PI were negatively correlated with VEGF ( p  value range is 0.001–0.040, ρ value range is − 0.657–0.343).    Conclusions  Quantitative parameters of dynamic triple-phase enhanced CT can provide diagnostic basis for the differentiation of lung lesions, and there were connection with tumor angiogenesis and vascular endothelial growth factor expression.

bmc medical imaging

Pulmonary lesions: correlative study of dynamic triple-phase enhanced CT perfusion imaging with tumor angiogenesis and vascular endothelial growth factor expression