ArticleThe Veterinary record2020
Contrast-enhanced ultrasonography features of hepatobiliary neoplasms in cats.
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- Added Value of Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound for Cytological Sample Collection of Hepatic and Pulmonary Masses in Dogs.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2026Article
- Use of New Ultrasonography Methods for Detecting Neoplasms in Dogs and Cats: A Review.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2024Review
- Contrast-enhanced ultrasound features of focal pancreatic lesions in cats.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2022Article
- B-Mode and Contrast Enhanced Ultrasonography Features of Gastric Inflammatory and Neoplastic Diseases in Dogs.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2021Article
- B-Mode and Contrast Enhanced Ultrasonography Features of Gastric Inflammatory and Neoplastic Diseases in Cats.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundContrast-enhanced ultrasonography (CEUS) features of primary hepatobiliary neoplasms have been reported in dogs but no information is available in cats.
methodsQualitative and quantitative features of bile duct adenomas (BDAs, n=20), bile duct carcinomas (BDCs, n=16), and hepatocellular carcinomas (HCCs, n=8) are described in 44 cats.
resultsThere was an overlap in CEUS qualitative features between different histotypes, both in wash-in and wash-out phases. Distinction between different neoplasms based only on the CEUS qualitative features was not possible. At peak of enhancement, the BDAs, BDCs and HCCs showed a large range of echogenicities, from hypoenhancement to hyperenhancement, in comparison to the liver parenchyma. Eight of 20 BDAs showed inhomogeneous hyperenhancement during wash-in, which is a feature reported as typical of malignant lesions in dogs. BDC had a significantly faster wash-in compared with both BDA and HCC but the diagnostic accuracy of all the included quantitative variables was only moderate. No significant differences in the wash-out quantitative features of BDA and BDC were evident.
conclusionThere is poor evidence that CEUS may be used to distinguish between different primary hepatobiliary neoplasms in cats.
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