Features superb microvascular imaging (SMI) technique in the differential diagnosis of focal liver formations
K Korneev, V Dvornichenko, A Shelekhov, Y Senkin, A Zhdanov, T Kolchina, V Bryukhanov · Ultraschall in der Medizin - European Journal of Ultrasound · 2016 · Heft 08
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Purpose: To evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of superb microvascular imaging (SMI) in the differential diagnosis of focal liver lesions tumors in clinical practice. Materials and methods: 50 patients with a different focal hepatic lesions were examined by typical B-mode ultrasound and SMI and were included in the trial. All results were compared to histology after biopsy or in some cases to computer tomography (CT) or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Results: In 3 cases (6%) was focal nodular hyperplasia (FNH) with typical sonographic symptoms (such as central scare and spoke-wheel vessel pattern). The final di…
