Contrast-enhanced ultrasound of the lung; sonographic findings in twenty infectious pneumonia

Reports on pneumonia diagnosis by Contrast-Enhanced Sonography (CEUS) are very scarce because the use of second-generation US contrast agents in the assessment of pulmonary lesions has never been systematically investigated. Recently some authors described typical CEUS patterns in pleuropneumonia. We evaluated CEUS findings in 20 patients with pleuropneumonia and US detected lung lesions. Diagnosis were confirmed by thorax radiographic study (RX) and or Computed Tomography (CT). We identified 4 typical US pneumonia patterns; homogeneous and parenchymatous hypoechoic lesions, hypoechoic lesions with multiple stro…