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Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine, Vol 20, Issue 2 89-98, Copyright © 2001 by American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine
Contrast-enhanced, wide-band harmonic gray scale imaging of hepatocellular carcinoma: correlation with helical computed tomographic findings
K. Numata, K. Tanaka, T. Kiba, S. Saito, M. Ikeda, K. Hara, N. Tanaka, M. Morimoto, S. Iwase and H. Sekihara
Third Department of Internal Medicine, Yokohama City University School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan.
We evaluated the usefulness of contrast-enhanced, wide-band harmonic gray
scale imaging for the diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma and compared it
with helical computed tomography. Forty-eight patients with 61
hepatocellular carcinoma lesions were scanned by contrast-enhanced,
wide-band harmonic gray scale imaging after an intravenous bolus injection
of the contrast agent Levovist. Fifty-seven of the 61 hepatocellular
carcinoma lesions showed hypervascular enhancement, and intratumoral
vessels could be observed in 40 of the 57 lesions. Helical computed
tomography revealed a high-attenuation area in 54 of the 61 lesions,
whereas the other lesions showed an equivocal-attenuation area.
Contrast-enhanced, wide-band harmonic gray scale imaging is a useful method
for diagnosing the vascularity of hepatocellular carcinoma.
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