title: Use of contrast-enhanced ultrasonography in hepatosplenic sarcoidosis: Report of 2 cases.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Sarcoidosis is a multisystemic granulomatous disease of unknown etiology that predominantly affects lungs and intrathoracic lymph nodes; in rare cases (approx. 10%), infiltration of the spleen and liver may be observed. In order to identify hepatosplenic infiltration, MRI/CT of the abdomen and different ultrasound techniques (PD US, US D) are usually performed. Contrast enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) is a new technique in this diagnostic algorithm, but the fact that this is a safe, accurate, and widely available method opens a new perspective for the detection of abdominal lesions in sarcoidosis.
  
  
  METHODS
  We report 2 cases of hepatosplenic sarcoidosis - a 41-year-old woman with splenic lesions and a 46-year-old man with liver infiltration.
  
  
  RESULTS
  On the basis of these 2 cases we intended to show the diagnostic potential of contrast enhanced ultrasound for the recognition of focal lesions of the spleen and liver in patients suffering from sarcoidosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology and Diagnostic Imaging, University Hospital Nr 1, Łódź, Poland.
authors.forename: Piotr
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Grzelak
authors.forename: Lukasz
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Augsburg
authors.forename: Agata
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Majos
authors.forename: Ludomir
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Stefanczyk
authors.forename: Paweł
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gorski
authors.forename: Wojciech
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Piotrowski
authors.forename: Adam
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Antczak