Intracavitary Applications for CEUS in PTCD.

Autor: Atanasova EG; Faculty of Medicine, Medical University of Sofia, 1431 Sofia, Bulgaria.; Clinic of Gastroenterology, 'St. Ivan Rilski' University Hospital, 1431 Sofia, Bulgaria., Pentchev CP; Faculty of Medicine, Medical University of Sofia, 1431 Sofia, Bulgaria.; Clinic of Gastroenterology, 'St. Ivan Rilski' University Hospital, 1431 Sofia, Bulgaria., Nolsøe CP; Centre for Surgical Ultrasound, Department of Surgery, Zealand University Hospital, 4600 Køge, Denmark.; Institute for Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen, 2200 Copenhagen, Denmark.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) [Diagnostics (Basel)] 2024 Jun 30; Vol. 14 (13). Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Jun 30.
DOI: 10.3390/diagnostics14131400
Abstrakt: Intracavitary contrast-enhanced ultrasound is widely accepted as a highly informative, safe, and easily reproducible technique for the diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up of different pathologies of the biliary tree. This review article describes the diverse applications for CEUS in intracavitary biliary scenarios, supported by a literature review of the utilization of the method in indications like biliary obstruction by various etiologies, including postoperative strictures, evaluation of the biliary tree of liver donors, and evaluation of the localization of a drainage catheter. We also provide pictorial examples of the authors' personal experience with the use of intracavitary CEUS in cases of PTCD as a palliative intervention. Intracavitary CEUS brings all the positive features of US together with the virtues of contrast-enhanced imaging, providing comparable accuracy to the standard techniques for diagnosing biliary tree diseases.
Competing Interests: The authors declare no conflicts of interest.
Databáze: MEDLINE
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