Tumor grading of hepatocellular carcinoma with contrast enhanced sonography
B Boozari, B Soudah, K Rifaii, S Schneidewind, S Kubicka, M Manns, M Gebel · Ultraschall in der Medizin - European Journal of Ultrasound · 2008 · Heft 10
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Zusammenfassung
Purpose: The aim of this prospective study was to analyze the sensitivity of contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) in grading of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in liver cirrhosis. Patients and methods: Eighty-two patients were recruited for this study. The grading of the HCC lesions was predicted with CEUS. A biopsy with histological and cytological analysis of the lesions was performed immediately after CEUS. The predicted tumour grading with CEUS (sG) was compared to the histological grading (G) of the lesions. We differentiated between two grading groups with each method: well differentiated=G1/sG1 versus high…