Contrast-enhanced ultrasonography promotes differential diagnosis of ureteral neoplasms.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To compare the diagnostic value of contrast-enhanced ultrasonography (CEUS) with baseline ultrasound (B-US) in ureteral neoplasms.

Methods

Retrospective analysis, comprising clinical presentation, image appearances, and diagnostic results on B-ultrasound and CEUS, considering pathological result as a gold-standard, was conducted on the clinical information of 39 patients with ureteral neoplasms. CT urography was used to detect and confirm the presence of ureteral neoplasms. Both B-ultrasound and CEUS investigations of those 39 patients under study were performed by a senior radiologist.

Results

Pathological outcomes established 27 ureteral malignancies and 12 ureteral benignancies. Ureteral malignancies were observed to occur in older patients than benignanc

SUBMITTER: Bai Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8553196 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature