Microwave ablation for benign thyroid nodules with cosmetic problems and related factors for post-ablative complete relief: a two-center retrospective study.

Purpose: To investigate the efficacy of ultrasound (US)-guided percutaneous MWA for benign thyroid nodules with cosmetic problems and identify related factors contributing to post-ablative complete relief (CR).

Methods: This retrospective study reviewed the efficacy of MWA in treating thyroid nodules in patients with cosmetic problems who underwent MWA from January 2021 to May 2023. Patients were followed up at 1, 3, and 6 months after MWA.

Contrast-enhanced ultrasound features of hepatic sarcomatoid carcinoma different from hepatocellular carcinoma.

Background: Hepatic sarcomatoid carcinoma (HSC) is a rare malignancy of the liver. The ultrasound and clinical features of HSC have not been determined.

Objective: To investigate and compare the ultrasound and clinical features of HSC and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), and to reveal the valuable features of HSC.

Value of contrast-enhanced ultrasonography in microwave ablation treatment of symptomatic focal uterine adenomyosis.

Purpose: This study evaluated the value of contrast-enhanced ultrasonography (CEUS) in the ultrasound-guided microwave ablation (MWA) treatment of symptomatic focal uterine adenomyosis.

Methods: This retrospective study was conducted between March 2020 and January 2023, enrolling 52 patients with symptomatic focal uterine adenomyosis who had undergone MWA. All patients were examined with CEUS before and after MWA.

Efficacy of contrast-enhanced ultrasound-guided percutaneous core needle biopsy in anterior mediastinal masses.

Objective: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of percutaneous core needle biopsy (PCNB) using ultrasound (US)-guided and contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS)-guided procedures for anterior mediastinal masses (AMMs).

Methods: In total, 284 consecutive patients (166 men, 118 women; mean age, 43.0 ​± ​18.

The Preliminary Application of Simultaneous Display of Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound and Micro-Flow Imaging Technology in the Diagnosis of Hepatic Tumors.

Objectives: To evaluate the value of simultaneous display of contrast-enhanced ultrasound and micro-flow imaging technology (CEUS-MFI) in intra-tumoral vessel detection and hepatic tumor diagnosis.

Methods: A total of 82 patients with 82 focal liver lesions were enrolled in this study. Each patient received ultrasound exams including color Doppler flow imaging (CDFI), micro-flow imaging (MFI), contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS), and CEUS-MFI with a Philips EPIQ7 ultrasound imaging system.

Baseline and contrast-enhanced ultrasound features of hepatic epithelioid angiomyolipoma.

Background: Recurrence or metastasis after surgery had been reported in hepatic epithelioid angiomylipoma (epi-AML). Most hepatic epi-AMLs were misdiagnosed with hepatocellular carcinoma or other hepatic tumors before surgery.

Objective: To describe the baseline and contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) features of hepatic epi-AMLs and to explore the potential ultrasonic features for prognosis.

Assessment of blood flow in the hepatic tumors using non-contrast micro flow imaging: Initial experience.

Purpose: To evaluate micro-flow imaging (MFI) in depicting the vascular architecture of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and other focal liver lesions.

Materials And Methods: A total of 81 hepatic lesions were enrolled in this study. Each patient underwent CDFI, MFI, and CEUS examinations.

Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound Features of Hepatic Reactive Lymphoid Hyperplasia: Correlation With Histopathologic Findings.

Objectives: To find certain specifics of hepatic reactive lymphoid hyperplasia (HRLH) on contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) imaging as diagnostic imaging clues by retrospectively analyzing its enhancement features.

Methods: From June 2010 to June 2017, 18 histopathologically confirmed HRLH lesions in 18 patients were included in this retrospective study. The lesion's location, maximum diameter, shape, margin, echogenicity, and color flow signal on conventional ultrasound (US) imaging and enhancement pattern, presence of a feeding artery, and donutlike enhancement on CEUS imaging were observed and recorded.

Primary Application of Micro-Flow Imaging Technology in the Diagnosis of Hepatic Tumors.

The purpose of the study was to evaluate the vascular architecture of focal liver lesions with the newly released non-contrast micro-flow imaging (MFI) technique. Eighty patients with 80 hepatic tumors were enrolled in this study. The richness of displayed blood flow was first compared with color Doppler flow imaging using grades according to Adler's method.

Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound Guided Biopsy of Undetermined Abdominal Lesions: A Multidisciplinary Decision-Making Approach.

To investigate the value of contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) guided biopsy of undetermined abdominal lesions in multidisciplinary treatment (MDT) decision-making approach. Between Jan 2012 and Dec 2015, 60 consecutive patients (male, 37; female, 23; mean age, 51.3 years ± 14.

A novel long noncoding RNA PILRLS promote proliferation through TCL1A by activing MDM2 in Retroperitoneal liposarcoma.

It is becoming evident that lncRNAs may be an important class of pervasive genes involved in carcinogenesis and metastasis. However, the biological and molecular mechanisms of lncRNAs in retroperitoneal liposarcoma have never been reported. In our study, we found a novel lncRNA PILRLS (Proliferation Interacting LncRNA in Retroperitoneal Liposarcoma), which as an oncogene significantly overexpressed in retroperitoneal liposarcoma.

Xanthogranulomatous cholecystitis: contrast-enhanced ultrasound features and differential diagnosis from wall-thickening gallbladder carcinoma.

Objective: The purpose of this study is to evaluate the value of contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) in differential diagnosis of Xanthogranulomatous cholecystitis (XGC).

Material And Methods: Patients of 17 XGCs and 43 wall-thickening gallbladder carcinomas (GBCs) were enrolled in this study. Firstly, we compared the ability of conventional ultrasound (CUS) and CEUS in detecting gallbladder (GB) features.

Ultrasound features of hepatocellular adenoma and the additional value of contrast-enhanced ultrasound.

Background: Hepatocellular adenoma (HCA) is a rare benign tumor of the liver. It is of clinical importance to differentiate HCA from other liver tumors, especially hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). This study aimed to evaluate the characteristic features of HCA by conventional ultrasound and contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) findings.

Evaluation of Liver Metastases Using Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound: Enhancement Patterns and Influencing Factors.

Background/aims: To evaluate the enhancement patterns of liver metastases and their influencing factors using dynamic contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS).

Methods: A total of 240 patients (139 male and 101 female; 58.5 ± 11.

Application of imaging fusion combining contrast-enhanced ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging in detection of hepatic cellular carcinomas undetectable by conventional ultrasound.

Background And Aim: The aim of this study is to explore the value of volume navigation image fusion-assisted contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) in detection for radiofrequency ablation guidance of hepatocellular carcinomas (HCCs), which were undetectable on conventional ultrasound.

Methods: From May 2012 to May 2014, 41 patients with 49 HCCs were included in this study. All lesions were detected by dynamic magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and planned for radiofrequency ablation but were undetectable on conventional ultrasound.

Primary non-Hodgkin's lymphoma of the liver: sonographic and CT findings.

Background: A preoperative diagnosis of primary hepatic lymphoma (PHL) can have profound therapeutic and prognostic implications. Because of the rarity of PHL, however, there are few reports on diagnostic imaging. We reviewed the clinical and radiologic findings of 29 patients with PHL, the largest series to date, to evaluate the diagnostic features of this disease.

A novel simple noninvasive index to predict renal transplant acute rejection by contrast-enhanced ultrasonography.

Purpose: This study aimed to evaluate the application of quantitative contrast-enhanced ultrasonography (CEUS) in the assessment of renal allograft dysfunction and to establish a new noninvasive index to predict acute rejection (AR).

Methods: Fifty-seven renal transplant recipients were enrolled in this prospective study. Before renal allograft biopsy, CEUS examinations were performed.

Tissue elasticity quantification by acoustic radiation force impulse for the assessment of renal allograft function.

Acoustic radiation force impulse (ARFI) quantification, a novel ultrasound-based elastography method, has been used to measure liver fibrosis. However, few studies have been performed on the use of ARFI quantification in kidney examinations. We evaluated renal allograft stiffness using ARFI quantification in patients with stable renal function (n = 52) and those with biopsy-proven allograft dysfunction (n = 50).

Value of contrast-enhanced sonography in the diagnosis of peripheral intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma.

Background: To illustrate contrast-enhanced harmonic ultrasonography (CEUS) findings of peripheral intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (PICC) and to assess the usefulness of CEUS in the diagnosis of this disease.

Methods: This study is a retrospective analysis of 46 patients (20 men, 26 women) with PICC who underwent both preoperative CEUS and pathologic examination. Sonographic examinations were performed with sonographic instruments equipped with low mechanical index contrast imaging software.

Microwave ablation: An experimental comparative study on internally cooled antenna versus non-internally cooled antenna in liver models.

Rational And Objectives: Microwave ablation is an alternative therapy with high cost-effectiveness for liver malignancy. The authors designed this experiment to compare the effect of microwave ablation using a non-internally cooled (NIC) antenna with that using an internally cooled (IC) antenna in both an ex vivo and an in vivo liver models.

Materials And Methods: Sixty-two microwave ablations were performed in ex vivo porcine and in vivo canine liver models (NIC antenna, 28 coagulations; IC antenna, 34 coagulations).

[Diagnosis of atypical liver abscesses with real-time contrast-enhanced ultrasound].

Objective: To investigate the value of real-time harmonic contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) in the diagnosis of atypical liver abscesses.

Methods: We used Technos DU8 system with CEUS technique to examine 32 patients with suspected liver masses. Mechanical index was set at 0.