Letter to the Editor Regarding the Article: “Vascularization of Primary, Peripheral Lung Carcinoma in CEUS – A Retrospective Study (n = 89 Patients)” by Findeisen H et al.

Dear Editor,

The article entitled “Vascularization of Primary, Peripheral Lung Carcinoma in CEUS – A Retrospective Study (n = 89 Patients)” by Findeisen H et al. [1] described the vascularization of peripheral lung carcinoma in contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) and concluded that “lung carcinomas are predominantly supplied by bronchial arteries (BA), whereas a part of adenocarcinomas and non-adenocarcinomas show pulmonary artery (PA) enhancement”. The premise of the authors is that “due to dual pulmonary blood vascularization, more precisely the nutritive bronchial artery system and functional role of the pulmonary arteries, analogous to the hepatic vasculature, CEUS is of particular interest for the examination of peripheral lung consolidations regarding the type of arterial blood supply”. On this basis, they found that the time to enhancement (TE) was fast in the PA group (8 ± 3.7 s), while it was delayed in the BA group (17.6 ± 6.2 s).

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Artikel online veröffentlicht:
10. Februar 2020

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