Value of Low-Mechanical-Index Contrast-Enhanced Transabdominal Ultrasound for Diagnosis of Pancreatic Cancer: A Meta-analysis

The incidence and mortality rates of pancreatic cancer (PC) are increasing. It is important to discriminate PC from the other pancreatic lesions; however, differential diagnosis based on conventional transabdominal ultrasound (US) remains challenging even though US is often the first examination performed. Transabdominal contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) has high diagnostic accuracy for PC. This meta-analysis aimed to examine the utility of low-mechanical-index CEUS with enhancement for PC diagnosis.

Source: Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology - August 28, 2021 Category: Radiology Authors: Yasunobu Yamashita, Toshio Shimokawa, Reiko Ashida, Christoph F. Dietrich, Mirko D'Onofrio, Yoshiki Hirooka, Masatoshi Kudo, Hideaki Mori, Atsushi Sofuni, Masayuki Kitano Tags: Review Article Source Type: research