Application of percutaneous ultrasound-guided treatment for ultrasonically invisible hypervascular hepatocellular carcinoma using microbubble contrast agent

• Published in: Clinical radiology Vol. 62; no. 7; pp. 668 - 675
• Main Authors: Maruyama, H, Kobayashi, S, Yoshizumi, H, Okugawa, H, Akiike, T, Yukisawa, S, Fukuda, H, Matsutani, S, Ebara, M, Saisho, H
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Elsevier Ltd 01.07.2007; Elsevier
• Subjects: Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Biological and medical sciences; Carcinoma, Hepatocellular - diagnostic imaging; Carcinoma, Hepatocellular - therapy; Chemoembolization, Therapeutic - methods; Contrast Media; Female; Gastroenterology. Liver. Pancreas. Abdomen; Humans; Liver Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging; Liver Neoplasms - therapy; Liver. Biliary tract. Portal circulation. Exocrine pancreas; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Polysaccharides; Radiology; Retrospective Studies; Tomography, X-Ray Computed - methods; Tumors; Ultrasonography, Interventional - methods; Sonography; Human; Radiodiagnosis; Hepatic disease; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Malignant tumor; Percutaneous route; Treatment; Biopsy; Surgery; Echography; Digestive diseases; Medical imagery; Computerized axial tomography; Localization; Ultrasound; Contrast media; Chemoembolization

Aim To evaluate the efficacy of contrast-enhanced ultrasound for the localization of ultrasonically invisible hypervascular lesions in the liver to facilitate percutaneous ultrasound-guided treatment. Materials and methods Forty patients with 47 ultrasonically invisible hypervascular lesions (5–20 m...