[Influence and importance of dacarbazine and BCG in sonography of the liver (author's transl)].
Basing on results obtained in a group of 30 patients with malignant melanoma, the authors investigated the influence of therapy with cytostatics and of immunotherapy with dacarbazine or BCG, respectively, on the sonographic findings in examination of the liver. In 6 patients, we recorded a larger echo reflex pattern subsequent to therapy, similar to the observations made in diffuse changes in the liver and in the formation of multiple metastases in the liver. This complicated the differential sonographic assessment in respect of excluding multiple liver metastases. Diffuse growth occurred in three patients; we did not observe any extended branches of the protal vein, nor did we see any changes in the biliary tract pattern.
D001500:BCG Vaccine / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D003606:Dacarbazine / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007167:Immunotherapy / Q000009:adverse effects; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography
D001500:BCG Vaccine; D003606:Dacarbazine
Einfluss und Bedeutung von Dacarbazin und BCG auf die Sonographie der Leber.