Liver hemangioma – CEUS in 3D. possible applications, usefulness and limitations of the method

Aims: Presentation of application of 3D CEUS techniques on the examples of liver hemangiomas, shortcomings and usefulness of the method. Materials and methods: We examined 37 patients with former diagnosis or suspicion for liver hemangioma. Final diagnosis was established for 78 lesions. All patients underwent classical US examination immediately followed by CEUS examination for each lesion and 3D CEUS examination as one of the follow-up examination within 6–18 months. Reference modalities were: CECT=36, CEMR=5, SPECT=4, biopsy=4. For CEUS examination we used Esaote Technos with C2–5MHz probe, Acuson Sequoia wit…