Presentation of histologically confirmed mesenteric masses in B-mode imaging and contrast enhanced ultrasound (CEUS): a 10 year retrospective study in 69 patients

Purpose: Analysis of mesenteric masses in B-mode imaging and contrast enhanced ultrasound (CEUS). Patients/Methods: from January 2006 to January 2016, n = 69 patients with mesenteric masses were examined by B-mode imaging, followed by CEUS. The contrast enhancement of the lesions was evaluated in comparison to the enhancement of the parenchymal organs. Histological diagnosis was available for all cases. Malignant diagnoses included lymphoma, GIST, NET, sarcoma and metastases, whereas benign cases consisted of mesenteritis, lymph nodes, adipose tissue, panniculitis and others. Results: In B-mode imaging the lesio…