Detection of benign regenerating nodules of liver cirrhosis using contrast enhanced ultrasound (CEUS)
A Giorgio, G De Stefano, A Di Sarno, G Liorre, V Giorgio, MR Gnarini · Ultraschall in der Medizin - European Journal of Ultrasound · 2007 · Heft 10
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Objectives: Up to now intra-parenchymal benign regenerating nodules of liver cirrhosis are rarely seen on conventional Ultrasound. The aim of our study was to detect benign regenerating nodules of liver cirrhosis using CEUS in clinically chronic hepatitis (CH) patients allowing diagnosis of early cirrhosis. Methods: Two hundred patients who underwent percutaneous liver biopsy before starting antiviral therapy for their CH were studied. All chronically infected patients (48 HBV, 18 HBV-HDV, 134 HCV) had no clinical and ultrasound findings of liver cirrhosis. All CEUS exams were performed before liver biopsy by th…
