ArticleCancer management and research2021
Value of Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound in the Differential Diagnosis of Focal Splenic Lesions.
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- Differentiating malignant from benign splenic lesions: a meta-analysis and pictorial review of imaging features.Abdominal radiology (New York) · 2024Pooled it
- Structured CEUS-based diagnostic pathway for newly detected splenic lesions: impact on diagnostic latency and advanced imaging use in a multicenter quality improvement study, with exploratory discrimination between hematologic and non-hematologic disease.Internal and emergency medicine · 2026Article
- Role of Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound in the Characterization of Focal Splenic Lesions: A Systematic Review.Cureus · 2026Review
- Microvascular blood flow ultrasound imaging with microbubble-based H-Scan technology.Medical & biological engineering & computing · 2025Article
- Diagnostic performance of different imaging modalities for splenic malignancies: A comparative meta-analysis.European journal of radiology open · 2024Article
- Splenic Embolism in Infective Endocarditis: A Systematic Review of the Literature with an Emphasis on Radiological and Histopathological Diagnoses.Tropical medicine and infectious disease · 2024Review
- Splenic Hamartoma: A Case Report and Literature Review.The American journal of case reports · 2022Review
- Can Ultrasound and Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound Help Differentiate between Subpleural Focal Organizing Pneumonia and Primary Lung Malignancy?Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Applications of Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound in Splenic Studies of Dogs and Cats.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2022Review
- The Role of Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound in Differentiating Splenic Tuberculosis From Splenic Lymphoma.Frontiers in oncology · 2022Article
- Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound Imaging Features of Focal Splenic Tuberculosis.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2021Article
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Abstract
purposeTo identify and validate contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) features for differentiating malignant from benign splenic lesions. PATIENTS AND
methodsSplenic lesions in 123 patients who underwent conventional ultrasound (B-mode US) and CEUS were included in this study. Two radiologists evaluated the sonograms of B-mode and CEUS. Statistical analysis was performed to identify significant imaging predictors for splenic malignant lesions. Two other radiologists independently reviewed B-mode and CEUS sonograms and diagnosed the lesions based on proposed criteria as 1) benign, 2) probably benign, 3) probably malignant or 4) malignant. The diagnostic efficiency between B-mode US and CEUS was compared.
resultsCommon imaging findings of malignant lesions included hypoechoic, ill-defined margin, absence of cystic/necrotic portion, presence of splenomegaly on B-mode US, and hypoenhancement, rapid washout and presence of intralesional vessels on CEUS (
conclusionCEUS may provide more useful information than B-mode US and improve the diagnosis efficiency for distinguishing malignant from benign splenic lesions.
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