Clinical Application Value of Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound in the Diagnosis of Renal Space-Occupying Lesions
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Qiping Liu1, Huiling Gong1, Qiqi Chen1
1Department of Ultrasound, Minhang Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, 201199, People's Republic of China.
Objective:
To study the clinical application value of contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) in diagnosing renal space-occupying lesions.
Methods:
Sixty-seven patients with renal space-occupying lesions detected by routine ultrasound examination received the contrast-enhanced ultrasound examination. When observing the perfusion mode of the mass, we analyzed the perfusion characteristics of contrast-enhanced ultrasound and compared them with the surgical pathological results.
Results:
Sixty-seven lesions, which were identified in 67 patients with renal space-occupying lesions, included 55 renal malignant tumors and 12 benign ones. The sensitivity of qualitative diagnosis by CEUS imaging was 96.4%, the specificity was 66.7%, and the accuracy was 91.0%.
Conclusion:
The real-time blood supply of renal space-occupying lesions helps judge their nature according to the enhancement mode. It has high clinical application value in diagnosing benign and malignant lesions.
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