Ultrasonography of liver abscess
Authors:
Mikael Häggström; Authors of integrated article[1] [notes 1]
Suspected abscess in the liver:
Contents
Evaluation
Liver abscess have heteromorphic ultrasound appearance, the most typical being that of a mass with irregular shapes, fringed, with fluid or semifluid content, with or without air inside.[1] Doppler examination shows the lack of vessels within the lesion. CEUS exploration shows hyperenhancement during arterial phase close to the lesion, this being suggestive of a liver parenchymal hyperemia. During venous and sinusoidal phase the pattern is hypoechoic, and the central fluid is contrast enhanced. CEUS examination is useful because it confirms the clinical suspicion of abscess. In addition, it allows for an accurate measurement of the collection size and an indication regarding its topography inside the liver (lobe, segment).[1]
Drainage
See abscess drainage.
Notes
- ↑ For a full list of contributors, see article history. Creators of images are attributed at the image description pages, seen by clicking on the images. See Radlines:Authorship for details.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Content originally copied from: Badea, R.; Ioanitescu, Simona (2012). Ultrasound Imaging of Liver Tumors – Current Clinical Applications . doi:. Archived from the original. ., (CC BY 3.0)
