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Article, 2024

Intracavitary Applications for CEUS in PTCD

Diagnostics, ISSN 2075-4418, Volume 14, 13, Page 1400, 10.3390/diagnostics14131400

Contributors

Atanasova, Evelina Georgieva 0000-0001-7303-068X (Corresponding author) [1] [2] Pentchev, Christo P. (Corresponding author) [1] [2] Nolsøe, Christian Pállson 0000-0003-0168-6131 [3] [4]

Affiliations

  1. [1] Clinic of Gastroenterology, “St. Ivan Rilski” University Hospital, 1431 Sofia, Bulgaria
    2. [NORA names: Bulgaria; Europe, EU];
  2. [2] Medical University of Sofia
    3. [NORA names: Bulgaria; Europe, EU];
  3. [3] University of Copenhagen
    4. [NORA names: KU University of Copenhagen; University; Denmark; Europe, EU; Nordic; OECD];
  4. [4] Zealand University Hospital
    5. [NORA names: Region Zealand; Hospital; Denmark; Europe, EU; Nordic; OECD]

Abstract

Intracavitary contrast-enhanced ultrasound is widely accepted as a highly informative, safe, and easily reproducible technique for the diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up of different pathologies of the biliary tree. This review article describes the diverse applications for CEUS in intracavitary biliary scenarios, supported by a literature review of the utilization of the method in indications like biliary obstruction by various etiologies, including postoperative strictures, evaluation of the biliary tree of liver donors, and evaluation of the localization of a drainage catheter. We also provide pictorial examples of the authors' personal experience with the use of intracavitary CEUS in cases of PTCD as a palliative intervention. Intracavitary CEUS brings all the positive features of US together with the virtues of contrast-enhanced imaging, providing comparable accuracy to the standard techniques for diagnosing biliary tree diseases.

Keywords

CEUS, PTCD, accuracy, applications, article, author's personal experience, authors, biliary obstruction, biliary tree, biliary tree diseases, cases, catheter, contrast-enhanced images, contrast-enhanced ultrasound, diagnosis, disease, diverse applications, donor, drainage, drainage catheter, etiology, evaluation, examples, experiments, features of US, follow-up, images, indicators, intervention, intracavitary application, intracavitary contrast-enhanced ultrasound, literature, literature review, liver donors, localization, method, obstruction, palliative interventions, pathology, personal experience, pictorial examples, positive features, postoperative stricture, review, review article, scenarios, standard techniques, stricture, technique, treatment, tree diseases, trees, ultrasound, utilization, virtues

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