1. Hepatic Angiomyolipoma: Contrast Patterns with SonoVue-enhanced Real-time Gray-scale Ultrasonography
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Hong Ding, Jun Hou, Nian-An He, Chaolun Li, Bei-jian Huang, Pei-li Fan, Rui-xue Wei, and Wen-Ping Wang
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Adult ,Male ,Cancer Research ,Pathology ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Contrast enhancement ,Adolescent ,Hepatic Angiomyolipoma ,Epidemiology ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Angiomyolipoma ,Young Adult ,medicine ,Humans ,Contrast (vision) ,Aged ,Retrospective Studies ,Ultrasonography ,media_common ,business.industry ,Liver Neoplasms ,Ultrasound ,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health ,Follow up studies ,Portal phase ,Middle Aged ,Prognosis ,Oncology ,Female ,business ,Nuclear medicine ,Follow-Up Studies ,Arterial phase - Abstract
This study was conducted to retrospectively evaluate the pattern of contrast enhancement with SonoVue on gray-scale ultrasonography of hepatic angiomyolipoma (HAML). Imaging features of 33 pathologically proven HAML lesions in 33 patients who underwent baseline ultrasound and contrast-enhanced ultrasonography (CEUS) were assessed retrospectively. All lesions were enhanced in the arterial phase and showed whole-tumor filling in. Thirty-two of 33 (97%) lesions showed early positive enhancement in the arterial phase. Twenty-three of these exhibited isoechoic or hyperechoic features in the portal phase. HAML demonstrate characteristic manifestations with SonoVue-enhanced real-time gray-scale ultrasonography.
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- 2012
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