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Kathleen Möller1, Christian Jenssen2, Christoph Frank Dietrich3
1Medical Department I/Gastroenterology; SANA Hospital Lichtenberg, Berlin.
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One observation that has not received much attention and has not been described in detail to date is temporary hypoenhancement in the arterial phase of contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) in the surrounding liver parenchyma of well-vascularized lesions. This phenomenon is described and distinguished from other CEUS phenomena and artifacts. Even though this phenomenon has no specific differential diagnostic significance, knowledge of it can contribute to an overall understanding of CEUS.
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