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ArticleFrontiers in oncology2022

Contrast-enhanced ultrasound manifestations of renal masses undetectable on conventional ultrasound.

Lingling Tao, Jinfang Fan, Weiwei Zhan, Weiwei Li, Jian Lu, Nanan Yang, Binbin Ma, Wei Zhou

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Article in Frontiers in oncology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Lingling TaoDepartment of Ultrasound, Ruijin Hospital LuWan Branch, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Jinfang FanDepartment of Ultrasound, Ruijin Hospital LuWan Branch, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Weiwei ZhanDepartment of Ultrasound, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Weiwei LiDepartment of Ultrasound, Ruijin Hospital LuWan Branch, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Jian LuDepartment of Interventional Radiology, Ruijin Hospital LuWan Branch, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Nanan YangDepartment of Interventional Radiology, Ruijin Hospital LuWan Branch, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Binbin MaDepartment of Urology, Ruijin Hospital LuWan Branch, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Wei ZhouDepartment of Ultrasound, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
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Abstract

This study aimed to retrospectively analyze the features of contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) of renal masses that cannot be detected by conventional ultrasound (CUS). The data of 264 patients who underwent CEUS for renal lesions from January 2016 to December 2019 were retrieved. Of these, 16 patients with renal masses which were not detected by CUS were included in the final analysis. The corresponding characteristics of CEUS were evaluated, including intensity of enhancement, homogeneity, wash-in and wash-out patterns, and perilesional rim-like enhancement. Of the 16 patients, 10 patients had clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC) and 6 patients had urothelial carcinoma of the renal pelvis (UCRP). Compared with the location on non-enhanced computed tomography (CT) scan, all tumors were detected on CEUS. Most (7/10) of the ccRCCs appeared as hyperenhancement, homogeneous enhancement, synchronous-in, and no perilesional rim-like enhancement. Most (4/6) of the UCRPs appeared as isoenhancement, slow-in, fast-out, and no perilesional rim-like enhancement. CEUS may be helpful in the diagnosis and differential diagnosis of renal tumors which were not observed on CUS, and it might be an alternative method for some patients when contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CECT) or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) cannot be performed.

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clear cell renal cell carcinomacontrast-enhanced ultrasoundconventional ultrasoundnon-enhanced computed tomographyrenal massundetectableurothelial carcinoma of the renal pelvis

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