Tonglong Zhang, Meng Wang, Lei Ruan, Juanping Chen, Wuwu Zheng, Sen Han, Tianan Jiang
{"title":"Ultrasound characteristics of hepatic epithelioid hemangioendothelioma: a multi-center case series study.","authors":"Tonglong Zhang, Meng Wang, Lei Ruan, Juanping Chen, Wuwu Zheng, Sen Han, Tianan Jiang","doi":"10.11152/mu-4433","DOIUrl":"10.11152/mu-4433","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aims: </strong>Hepatic epithelioid hemangioendothelioma (HEHE) is a rare vascular tumor that primarily affects the liver. This study aimed to analyze the characteristics of conventional ultrasound (US) and contrast-enhanced ultrasonography (CEUS) in HEHE.</p><p><strong>Material and methods: </strong>This multi-center case series study enrolled patients diagnosed with HEHE from five hospitals in China between August 2004 and October 2022. Data on conventional US and CEUS characteristics were collected and analyzed.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 41 patients with HEHE were included, comprising 14 males and 27 females with a mean age of 50.62±11.43 years. The mean size of the lesion was 4.51±2.92 cm. Among these patients, 29 were confirmed through surgical resection and 12 through liver biopsy. Conventional US imaging identified three types of HEHE: multifocal type in 35 patients (85.4%), single nodular type in 1 patient (2.4%), and giant type in 5 patients (12.2%). US revealed proximity to the liver capsule in 29 patients (71%), hypoechoic appearance in 36 patients (88%), heterogeneity in 4 patients (10%), and hyperechoic appearance in 1 patient (2.4%). CEUS also demonstrated three distinct enhancement patterns: peripheral marginal enhancement with centripetal filling in the arterial phase and washout in the portal venous and venous phases (23 patients), eterogeneous enhancement in the arterial phase with washout in the subsequent phases (7 patients), and mild hyperenhancement in the arterial phase with resolution in later phases (9 patients). A hypo-enhancement pattern in the portal venous and venous phases was observed in 38 patients, suggesting a higher degree of malignancy.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>HEHE exhibits specific US findings, primarilypresenting as multiple hypoechoic lesions distributed under the liver capsule.</p>","PeriodicalId":94138,"journal":{"name":"Medical ultrasonography","volume":" ","pages":"12-18"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142134953","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A case of primary lymphoma of the right atrium was misdiagnosed by ultrasound.","authors":"Wenjun Chen, Yanbing Hu, Dongmei Lv","doi":"10.11152/mu-4472","DOIUrl":"10.11152/mu-4472","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>.</p>","PeriodicalId":94138,"journal":{"name":"Medical ultrasonography","volume":"27 1","pages":"104-105"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143545444","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Echocardiography in the rapid detection of postmyocardial infarction complications - a case of giant left ventricle pseudoaneurysm.","authors":"Mijo Meter, Vedran Carević, Duška Glavaš","doi":"10.11152/mu-4485","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11152/mu-4485","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":94138,"journal":{"name":"Medical ultrasonography","volume":"27 1","pages":"111-112"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143545450","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Eric Matschiner, Oana Serban, Daniela Fodor, Michael Blaivas, Rudolf Horn, Jonas Koch, Marie-Lise Jakobi, Lara Grevelding, Joseph Osterwalder, David Srivastava, Christoph Frank Dietrich
{"title":"Ultrasound in bone fracture diagnosis - a comparative meta-analysis and systematic review.","authors":"Eric Matschiner, Oana Serban, Daniela Fodor, Michael Blaivas, Rudolf Horn, Jonas Koch, Marie-Lise Jakobi, Lara Grevelding, Joseph Osterwalder, David Srivastava, Christoph Frank Dietrich","doi":"10.11152/mu-4407","DOIUrl":"10.11152/mu-4407","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aim: </strong>This meta-analysis evaluates the diagnostic accuracy of ultrasound (US) for bone fractures over the past 47 years, comparing it to established imaging standards.</p><p><strong>Material and methods: </strong>We adhered to PRISMA 2020 guidelines to search Medline, EMBASE, and the Cochrane Library using tailored search strategies. The primary outcome, US diagnostic performance, was analyzed across various subgroups including clinical relevance, patient age, and anatomical considerations. The QUADAS-2 tool was employed to assess study quality and minimize bias.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>From 5,107 initially identified studies, 75 met the inclusion criteria, encompassing 7,769 participants and 3,575 diagnosed fractures. The majority of studies were prospective (79%) and compared US primarily with plain radiography (76%) and CT scans (19%). Of these, 61 studies were amenable to systematic analysis, revealing US to have a sensitivity and specificity of 91% (95% CI: 90%-92%) and 91.3% (95% CI: 90.5%-92.1%), respectively. Likelihood ratios were favorable, with a positive value of 9.955 and a negative value of 0.087, and an odds ratio of 132.67. The area under the curve stood at 0.9715, indicating high diagnostic accuracy despite significant heterogeneity (I²=81.3% for sensitivity, 89.3% for specificity).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The evidence supports US as a highly accurate diagnostic tool for bone fractures, rivalling standard imaging methods like CT and radiography. Its notable diagnostic efficacy, combined with advantages in reducing pain, wait times, and radiation exposure, advocates for its broader application. Further validation in large-scale, randomized trials is essential to integrate US more fully into clinical guidelines for fracture management.</p>","PeriodicalId":94138,"journal":{"name":"Medical ultrasonography","volume":" ","pages":"52-62"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141857470","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yi Dong, Beatrice Hoffmann, Simone Schwarz, Nasenien Nourkami-Tutdibi, Yun-Lin Huang, Sheng Chen, Andrius Cekuolis, Rasa Augustiniene, Peter J Snelling, Dagmar Schreiber-Dietrich, Lara Grevelding, Christoph F Dietrich
{"title":"An [illustrative] update on pediatric emergency medicine ultrasound: part 2 - abdominal and urogenital applications.","authors":"Yi Dong, Beatrice Hoffmann, Simone Schwarz, Nasenien Nourkami-Tutdibi, Yun-Lin Huang, Sheng Chen, Andrius Cekuolis, Rasa Augustiniene, Peter J Snelling, Dagmar Schreiber-Dietrich, Lara Grevelding, Christoph F Dietrich","doi":"10.11152/mu-4414","DOIUrl":"10.11152/mu-4414","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Emergency ultrasound, or point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS), has been established into daily patient care over the last decades. The use of abdominal and pelvic ultrasound in clinical practice has the potential to improve the efficiency and safety of pediatric emergency care. This article will provide a review of current applications of pediatric emergency abdominal and urogenital ultrasound, forming the second part of the series.</p>","PeriodicalId":94138,"journal":{"name":"Medical ultrasonography","volume":" ","pages":"63-72"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141857504","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Frauke Petersen, Michael Höpfner Höpfner, Christian Jenssen, Dieter Nürnberg, Deike Strobel, Johanna Vogelpohl, Christoph F Dietrich
{"title":"Why is ultrasound needed in inflammatory bowel disease?","authors":"Frauke Petersen, Michael Höpfner Höpfner, Christian Jenssen, Dieter Nürnberg, Deike Strobel, Johanna Vogelpohl, Christoph F Dietrich","doi":"10.11152/mu-4492","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11152/mu-4492","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Intestinal ultrasound had been performed in several countries for more than 30 years, but for a longer period had been inthe hands of few experts. With new evidence showing that the method is accurate and has excellent performance especially intreatment monitoring and detection of complications of IBD, there is a growing interest in performing this method by thosephysicians who care for IBD patients in in- and outpatient settings. The authors are convinced that intestinal ultrasound is helping to reduce radiation exposure and enables fast and less expensive decision-making by taking patients' needs into account. This paper series contains three parts. This first part summarizes guideline recommendations on the use of ultrasound in IBD, describes the typical findings that can be obtained at the point of care without advanced ultrasound technologies and helps tostandardize documentation. The second part will provide an overview on actual ultrasound-activity-scores in IBD and report about advanced multimodal ultrasound modalities and endoscopic and interventional ultrasound. These modalities should be provided by specialized IBD centers. The third part will enhance a wider overview of treatment control, mural and extramural disease complications as well as extraintestinal manifestations. Advantages and limitations of the method are discussed, with an outlook how to optimize implementation in the future.</p>","PeriodicalId":94138,"journal":{"name":"Medical ultrasonography","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143545440","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Ultrasound evaluation of snake bites: recent developments and future directions.","authors":"Shipei Xu, Liwen Zhu, Jiqing Xuan","doi":"10.11152/mu-4470","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11152/mu-4470","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Snake bites remain a public health problem worldwide; prompt and effective treatment is crucial in promoting the recovery of patients. Traditionally, physicians assessed patients' conditions mainly through palpation and laboratory tests, which can be subjective and time-lagging. Conversely, ultrasound can visualize subtle changes in the lesion area and provide insight into tissue perfusion dynamics, making it an effective tool for comprehensive disease assessment. By analyzing recent cases, our study found that ultrasound is highly effective in detecting complications in snakebite patients, including subcutaneous edema, changes in limb hemodynamics, and organ damage. This enables clinicians to have a more comprehensive understanding of snakebite injuries, thereby facilitating precise patient treatment.</p>","PeriodicalId":94138,"journal":{"name":"Medical ultrasonography","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144060728","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Ultrasound findings of the right thigh rectus femoris muscle intramuscular myxoma.","authors":"Fenglin Jiang, Na Shi","doi":"10.11152/mu-4455","DOIUrl":"10.11152/mu-4455","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>.</p>","PeriodicalId":94138,"journal":{"name":"Medical ultrasonography","volume":"26 4","pages":"426-427"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-12-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142869829","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}