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DIAGNOSTICS
Volume 11, Issue 1, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/diagnostics11010035
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CEUS; contrast-enhanced ultrasound; liver; biopsy; hepatocellular carcinoma
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CEUS shows high diagnostic performance in characterizing suspicious liver lesions, with a high sensitivity and true positive rate compared to histopathological results. It is a safe imaging modality for evaluating both benign and malignant liver lesions.
Background: Contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) allows for dynamic analysis of vascularization patterns of unclear hepatic lesions. Our study aimed to evaluate the diagnostic performance of CEUS for further characterizing suspicious liver lesions by comparing findings from CEUS examinations with corresponding histopathology. Methods: Between 2005 and 2016, 160 patients with unclear liver lesions underwent CEUS followed by liver biopsy. All examinations were performed by an experienced consultant radiologist (EFSUMB Level 3) and included native B-mode ultrasound, Color Doppler, and CEUS. A second-generation blood pool contrast agent was applied for CEUS. Results: CEUS was successfully performed in all patients without occurrence of any adverse side effects. CEUS showed a sensitivity of 94.5%, a specificity of 70.6%, a true positive rate of 87.3%, and a true negative rate of 85.7% compared to histopathological results as the reference standard. Conclusions: CEUS represents a safe imaging modality with a high diagnostic accuracy in assessing both-benign and malignant-liver lesions compared to corresponding histopathological results.
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