B-Flow contrast US with Levovist in hepatic tumors: preliminary results.
Usefulness of Levovist contrast ultrasonography by the B-Flow method was evaluated in cases of hepatic tumor. Subjects included 14 patients with moderately differentiated hepatocellular carcinoma and 4 patients with hepatic hemangioma. Each patients had a single tumor mass. Images showed strong staining in 11 of the 14 nodes in the hepatocellular carcinomas and all 4 hemangiomas. Staining was seen only in lesions located within 4 cm of the probe. Thus B-Flow ultrasonography using Levovist was proved useful for evaluating vascularity of superficially located.
Ono
Naofumi
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Department of Medicine, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume 830-0011, Japan.
Ijuin
Hiroyasu
H
Suga
Hideya
H
Okabe
Yoshinobu
Y
Yakushiji
Kazuaki
K
Hashiguchi
Michitoshi
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Kurohiji
Toshihiko
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Koga
Nobuhiko
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Kumashiro
Ryukichi
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Sata
Michio
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011134:Polysaccharides; D014463:Ultrasonography
D011134:Polysaccharides; C059891:SHU 508