| Comparison of contrast-enhanced power Doppler ultrasound (Levovist) and computed tomography in alveolar echinococcosis. | |
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PMID: 15965776 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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BACKGROUND: To date, no study has compared unenhanced and contrast-enhanced (Levovist) power Doppler ultrasound with three-phase helical computed tomography (CT) for the analysis of the vascularization of hepatic lesions in patients who have alveolar echinococcosis. METHODS: Fifteen patients (11 female and four male; average age, 45.8 years) with confirmed Echinococcus multilocularis infection underwent unenhanced and contrast-enhanced (Levovist) power Doppler ultrasound (2- to 5-MHz transducer head) and three-phase helical CT. The largest identified lesion in each patient was studied. RESULTS: CT visualized vascularization peripheral or central to the largest echinococcal lesions in 11 of 15 patients. Vascularization in the area of the echinococcal lesions was not visualized by unenhanced or contrast-enhanced power Doppler ultrasound in any of the 15 patients studied. CONCLUSION: Three-phase helical CT visualizes the vascularization associated with Echinococcus multilocularis lesions in the liver. Neither unenhanced nor contrast-enhanced ultrasound in power mode is suitable for this application. |
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Authors:
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W Kratzer; S Reuter; K Hirschbuehl; A R Ehrhardt; R A Mason; M M Haenle; P Kern; A Gabelmann |
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Type: Comparative Study; Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Abdominal imaging Volume: 30 ISSN: 0942-8925 ISO Abbreviation: Abdom Imaging Publication Date: 2005 May-Jun |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2005-06-20 Completed Date: 2005-09-13 Revised Date: 2006-11-15 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 9303672 Medline TA: Abdom Imaging Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 286-90 Citation Subset: IM |
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Abteilung Innere Medizin I, Universität Ulm, Robert-Koch-Strasse 8, D-89081 Ulm, Germany. wolfgang.kratzer@medizin.uni-ulm.de |
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Adult Aged Contrast Media Echinococcosis, Hepatic / radiography*, ultrasonography* Female Humans Male Middle Aged Polysaccharides / diagnostic use Tomography, Spiral Computed* Ultrasonography, Doppler* |
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0/Contrast Media; 0/Polysaccharides; 127279-08-7/SHU 508 |
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