Acute transient swelling of the thyroid following fine-needle aspiration: A case series.

Acute transient swelling (ATS) of the thyroid is a rare complication following fine-needle aspiration (FNA) of thyroid nodules. We present 31 cases with 35 nodules encountered at our institute and reported in the literature, to provide further information. The incidence rate in our institute was 0.

Contrast-enhanced ultrasonography to evaluate risk factors for short-term and long-term outcomes after liver transplantation: A pilot prospective study.

Purpose: To evaluate whether Doppler ultrasonography (DUS) and contrast-enhanced ultrasonography (CEUS) can identify liver donation after brain death (DBD) and cardiac death (DCD) with the risk of developing short-term primary graft dysfunction (PGD) or arterial and biliary complications within 1 year.

Materials And Methods: Consecutive DBD and DCD donors who underwent DUS/CEUS examinations before surgical procurement from February 2016 to June 2018 at our institution were included. The US and CEUS images of each donor liver were analysed, and the parameters were recorded.

Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound for Biliary Ischemia: A Possible New Clinical Indication.

Objectives: Biliary perfusion is considered to contribute to biliary diseases, but routine imaging methods are insufficient to show it. This research investigated the ability of contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) for biliary perfusion in a biliary ischemia model.

Methods: This research consisted of 2 parts.

Doppler ultrasonography and contrast-enhanced ultrasonography to evaluate liver allograft discard: A pilot prospective study.

Background: Broad hemodynamic changes, is believed to have a profoundly damaging effect on donor livers after brain death (DBD) or cardiac death (DCD). It remains unclear whether Doppler ultrasonography (DUS) and contrast-enhanced ultrasonography (CEUS), the imaging modalities to evaluate perfusion, could provide more information of liver discarded.

Objective: To evaluate the ability of DUS and CEUS to predict the risk of DBD or DCD liver discarded.