ACORE US Blog – October 2021 Abdominal Imaging Contrast-enhanced Ultrasonography Promotes Differential Diagnosis of Ureteral Neoplasms Bai Y, Lin J, Chen A, et al. British Journal of Radiology. 2021. doi:10.1259/bjr.20210078 Background: Early detection of urothelial carcinoma can be difficult and result in poor prognosis. Contrast-enhanced US (CEUS) can be a helpful tool in distinguishing […]
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Abdominal Imaging Original Research Ultrasound-Guided Omental Biopsy: Diagnostic Yield and Association with CT Features Based on a Single-Institution 18-Year Series. Perez AA, Lubner MG, Pickhardt PJ. American Journal of Roentgenology. 2021. doi:10.2214/ajr.21.25545 Background: The greater omentum is a common site of malignant peritoneal spread and can be a helpful target for percutaneous biopsy. […]
Read More Primary Research Role of Sonographic Characteristics of Thyroid Bed Lesions Identified Following Thyroidectomy in the Diagnosis or Exclusion of Recurrent Cancer Frates MC, Parziale MP, Alexander EK, Barletta JA, Benson CB. Radiology. 2021 https://doi.org/10.1148/radiol.2021201596 Background: Small lesions are often seen on US in the thyroid bed after thyroidectomy for malignancy. The significance of these lesions […]
Read More Abdominal Imaging Original Research Comparison of Super-Resolution US and Contrast Material–enhanced US in Detection of the Spoke Wheel Sign in Patients with Focal Nodular Hyperplasia. Kang TW, Jeong WK, Kim Y-Y, et al. Radiology. 2021;298(1):82-90. doi:10.1148/radiol.2020200885. Background: The diagnosis of focal nodular hyperplasia (FNH) by US usually requires use of contrast material, although […]
Read More Abdominal Imaging Metanalysis Accuracy of contrast-enhanced ultrasound liver imaging reporting and data system: a systematic review and meta-analysis Son JH, Choi SH, Kim SY, Lee SJ, Park SH, Kim KW, Won HJ, Shin YM, Kim PN. Hepatol Int. 2020 Nov 10. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12072-020-10102-5 Background: Results vary considerably in the literature on the performance of […]
Read More Abdominal Imaging Primary Research Comparison of imaging findings between acute focal bacterial nephritis (acute lobar nephronia) and acute pyelonephritis: a preliminary evaluation of the sufficiency of ultrasound for the diagnosis of acute focal bacterial nephritis Hosokawa T, Tanami Y, Sato Y, Oguma E. Emerg Radiol. 2020;27(4):405-412. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10140-020-01771-8 Background: Treatment duration for acute focal […]
Read More Abdominal Imaging Primary Research The Role of Multiparametric US of the Liver for the Evaluation of Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis Sugimoto, Katsutoshi, et al. “The Role of Multiparametric US of the Liver for the Evaluation of Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis.” Radiology (2020): 192665. https://doi.org/10.1148/radiol.2020192665 Background: Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), an increasingly common form of chronic liver disease, […]
Read More ABDOMINAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY Sonographically Diagnosed Urothelial Thickening in Kidney Allografts: A Noninvasive and Clinically Highly Relevant Marker for the Detection of Acute Rejection Fananapazir G, Navarro SM, Zhou C, et al. Sonographically Diagnosed Urothelial Thickening in Kidney Allografts: A Noninvasive and Clinically Highly Relevant Marker for the Detection of Acute Rejection. AJR Am J […]
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