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Ultraschall Med 2019; 40(01): 12-29
DOI: 10.1055/a-0668-5746
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Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound of Benign Focal Liver Lesions

Kontrastmittelsonografie benigner Lebertumoren
Christoph F. Dietrich
1   Sino-German Tongji-Caritas Research Center of Ultrasound in Medicine, Department of Medical Ultrasound, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology. Wuhan, China
2   Department of Internal Medicine 2, Caritas-Krankenhaus, Bad Mergentheim, Germany
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30 January 2018

12 July 2018

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17 October 2018 (online)

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Abstract

The diagnostic handling of benign focal liver lesions (FLLs) is a challenge and it is difficult to avoid over- and underdiagnosis. Conventional B-mode ultrasound and contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) are the first-line imaging methods to detect and characterize FLLs. This CME article discusses the diagnostic workup of benign liver tumors.

Zusammenfassung

Gutartige Lebertumoren stellen eine Herausforderung im Alltag dar, da sie zur Unter- und Überdiagnostik (Fehldiagnostik) führen können. Der konventionelle Ultraschall und die Kontrastmittelsonografie (CEUS) sind in vielen Fällen die erste und auch entscheidende bildgebende Technik zur Detektion und Charakterisierung von Lebertumoren. In dem CME-Artikel werden aktuelle Überlegungen zur kontrastmittelsonografischen Abklärung von benignen Lebertumoren erläutert.

 

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