Role of contrast-enhanced ultrasound for differentiation of benign vs. malignant portal vein thrombosis in hepatocellular carcinoma - A systematic review a meta-analysis.

Suprabhat GiriArun VaidyaDhiraj AgrawalJijo VargheseRanjan Kumar PatelTaraprasad TripathyAnkita SinghSwati Das

Published in: Australasian journal of ultrasound in medicine (2023)

Contrast-enhanced ultrasound is an effective diagnostic modality differentiation of benign and malignant PVT in patients with HCC and can be an alternative modality to CT or MRI. Further studies are required to study the role of CEUS as initial diagnostic modality for the characterisation of PVT in HCC.

Keyphrases

contrast enhanced ultrasound
contrast enhanced
magnetic resonance imaging
computed tomography
pulmonary embolism
image quality
magnetic resonance
dual energy
diffusion weighted imaging