Christoph-F Dietrich

..In this article the role of CEUS in the characterization of incidentally found FLL is described...

..In the following paper a short summary and comments on the guidelines are given...

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..CEUS is feasible, reveals comparable results to computed tomography and should be concerned as the method of choice for patients with impaired renal function like renal graft recipients...

..The present manuscript discusses the diagnostic algorithm of hepatocellular carcinoma and provides information on the differential diagnosis between HCC and ICC...

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..This article reviews the published literature pertaining to these trials to determine the role of CEUS in the characterization of FLL...

..The potential for endoscopic ultrasound to highlight the importance of CEUS in the daily routine is also addressed...

..Health Information Technology (HIT) has been identified as an important quality improvement tool. Health Indicators have been introduced as possible instruments for the priorisation debate...

..The aim of the article is to introduce the reader into the new ultrasound techniques and special diagnostic behaviour of GIST and outline clinical pathways to deal correctly with different stages of the disease...

..The current role of gastrointestinal ultrasound was discussed during the Davos meeting 2011 of the «Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Ultraschall» (SGUM) and the literature is summarised in this article...

..We prospectively evaluated conventional color Doppler imaging and contrast-enhanced endoscopic Doppler ultrasound (CE-EDUS) as a new imaging technique for further characterization and differentiation of solid pancreatic tumors...

..An improved differential diagnosis is, therefore, mandatory and will be discussed in this review...

..The method is complementary to endorectal ultrasound. Also oblique transsphincteric fistula can be displayed in detail...

..This is of importance for a differential diagnosis. Vesicoureteric reflux and blunt abdominal trauma are also mentioned. Other parts or chapters of the guidelines are described in a separate paper of this supplement...

..However, the characterization and differentiation of benign and malignant adrenal lesions is challenging. This study aimed to evaluate contrast-enhanced ultrasound for the characterization of adrenal masses...

..Functional ultrasound provides a widely available method to increase our understanding of functional processes and motility. The authors review the options of functional ultrasound and discuss its practical relevance...

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..g., ultrasound and computed tomography. In the very early stages of echinococcosis without calcifications, ultrasound can depict the specific intralesional morphology in detail...

..The role of transabdominal CEUS in cystic pancreatic disease is less obvious...

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..In this overview the variety of current evidence based diagnostic options of EUS are discussed...

..It helps to better characterize the disease course in individual patients and can guide therapeutic decisions. In this review the current literature will be analysed...

..In the following article elastographic applications are discussed...

..The role of CEUS in pancreatic disease is less obvious. We prospectively evaluated CEUS for characterization of undetermined solid pancreatic lesions (gold standard histology)...

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..g. liver metastases of the gastrointestinal tract) can be recognised in the portal venous phase as less perfused "black spots." In this article we discuss liver tumour characterisation by contrast enhanced ultrasonography...

..We now report on the first use of contrast-enhanced, low mechanical index, real-time endoscopic ultrasound (CELMI-EUS) in six patients using prototype technology...

..To investigate the sonographic features at time of diagnosis and follow-up in patients with neutropenic enterocolitis...

..To evaluate contrast-enhanced ultrasonography (CEUS) using SonoVue in the detection of liver metastases in patients with known extrahepatic primary tumors versus the combined gold standard comprising CT, MRI and clinical/histological data...

..This has been demonstrated in several single-centre studies and recently also a European multi-centre study. This review focuses on the recent advances of CEUS in detecting and characterizing focal liver lesions...

..In contrast, the value of ultrasound in patients with acute abdomen is of utmost importance. This paper reviews a sonographic orientated approach to frequently encountered causes of the acute abdomen...

..This technique may therefore improve noninvasive functional characterization and differentiation of hemangiomas...

..EUS elastography of the pancreas shows a typical and unique finding with homogenous stiffness of the whole organ, and this distinguishes AIP from the circumscribed mass lesion in ductal adenocarcinoma...

..Hypovascular HCC are found in about 10 % even after the administration of a contrast agent...

..Therefore, this technique might improve the functional characterization of benign hypervascular focal liver lesions...

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..An exact diagnosis based on ultrasound imaging will certainly result in cost savings in health-care, since the use of further imaging methods (and therefore the total examination time) may be reduced...

..This is a rare disease which can present with fever, abdominal pain, vomiting and weight loss indicating malignancy or abscess. The definite diagnosis is often only verified by surgery...

..Further studies are necessary to evaluate this new technique in a larger numbers of patients...

..In rare cases small masses of the left adrenal gland might be missed and nodular adrenal hyperplasia or retroperitoneal lymph nodes might be misinterpreted as adrenal masses...

..It can therefore be recommended as a screening tool for this group of patients...

..We prospectively investigated the peri-hepatic lymph node volume in patients with primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) and healthy controls to evaluate the correlation with histology, biochemical and immunological features...

..pylori infection in patients with hemophilia A or B and with the von Willebrand syndrome...

..Based on a search of the relevant literature, examination techniques and results were analysed. These findings are to serve as a basis for a prospective multi-center study for the determination of standard values...

..In patients who have GSD 1a with terminal renal failure, combined liver and kidney transplantation may be considered at an early stage of the disease...

..Therefore, new technologies have been developed to measure the ratio of (13)CO(2)/(12)CO(2) in breath. The laser-assisted ratio analyser (LARA) device is based on optogalvanic effects of the stimulated CO(2) molecules...

..Serum aminotransferase levels normalized within 6 months. The clinical course demonstrates involvement of the liver in patients with celiac disease...