Valor de los contrastes ecográficos en el diagnóstico de hepatocarcinoma en lesiones ocupantes de espacio detectadas en pacientes con hepatopatía

Contrast-enhanced US with SonoVue® allows the vascularity of focal liver lesions to be assessed. In our study, 75% of patients with HCC showed arterial hypervascularity. A diffuse homogeneous enhancement pattern during the arterial phase was highly specific to HCC. In cirrhotic patients, this arterial pattern could avoid the need for further investigations, although clinical staging should be completed with another diagnostic test.