title: B-Flow contrast US with Levovist in hepatic tumors: preliminary results.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume 830-0011, Japan.
authors.forename: Naofumi
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ono
authors.forename: Hiroyasu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ijuin
authors.forename: Hideya
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Suga
authors.forename: Yoshinobu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Okabe
authors.forename: Kazuaki
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yakushiji
authors.forename: Michitoshi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hashiguchi
authors.forename: Toshihiko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kurohiji
authors.forename: Nobuhiko
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Koga
authors.forename: Ryukichi
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kumashiro
authors.forename: Michio
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sata
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D011134:Polysaccharides; C059891:SHU 508