title: Contrast-enhanced ultrasound sonography optimises the assessment of lymph nodes in oncology.
abstract: Ultrasound sonography (US) plays an important role in the assessment of lymph nodes in oncology. However, ultrasound findings are often equivocal in not allowing the differentiation of reactive from metastatic lymph nodes. Here, we present the successful use of contrast-enhanced US in the assessment of a metastatic lymph node, improving the performance of conventional US and optimising the US-guided percutaneous biopsy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, European Institute of Oncology, Milan 20121, Italy.
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Petralia
authors.forename: Giorgio
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Conte
authors.forename: Elvio De
authors.initials: ED
authors.lastname: Fiori
authors.forename: Sarah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Alessi
authors.forename: Massimo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bellomi
keywords: CEUS; lymph node; metastasis; ultrasound