Contrast enhanced ultrasound of a rare case of Peliosis hepatis.
Peliosis hepatis is a rare benign disorder of the liver, histologically characterized by blood-filled cystic cavities of various sizes and irregular shapes, communicating with the hepatic sinusoids. Only a few cases of peliosis hepatis have been described using contrast enhanced ultrasound showing admittedly various dynamic enhancement patterns. We present a case of peliosis hepatis with a typical target-sign enhancement depicted by means of contrast enhanced ultrasound.
Department of Radiology, Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria. alexander.loizides@i-med.ac.at.
Alexander
A
Loizides
Department of Radiology, Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria.
Bernhard
B
Glodny
Department of Internal Medicine II, Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria.
Heinz
H
Zoller
Institute of Pathology, Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria.
Bettina Gudrun
BG
Zelger
Department of Radiology, Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria.
Daniel
D
Junker
Department of Radiology, Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria.
Benjamin
B
Henninger
Department of Radiology, Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria.
Daniel
D
Putzer
Department of Radiology, Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria.
Hannes
H
Gruber
D000368:Aged; D001706:Biopsy; D003287:Contrast Media; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007089:Image Enhancement / Q000379:methods*; D008099:Liver / Q000098:blood supply / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D010382:Peliosis Hepatis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D018084:Ultrasonography, Interventional / Q000379:methods*
D003287:Contrast Media