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Contrast-enhanced Ultrasound of Undifferentiated Embryonal Sarcoma of the Liver in Adult: Two Cases Report and Literature Review

  • Yanling Chen, MM ,
  • Hantao Wang, MM ,
  • Hong Han, PhD ,
  • Yi Dong, PhD ,
  • Wen-ping Wang, MD
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  • a Department of Ultrasound, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
    b Shanghai Institute of Medical Imaging, Shanghai, China
    c Institute of Ultrasound Medicine and Engineering, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
Department of Ultrasound, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, 180 Fenglin Road, Shanghai, China.e-mail: puguang61@126.com

Received date: 2022-03-24

  Revised date: 2022-04-14

  Accepted date: 2022-04-24

  Online published: 2022-10-25

Abstract

Undifferentiated embryonal sarcoma of the liver (UESL) is an aggressive mesenchymal tumor, which presents a low incidence in adults. The low morbidity and atypical clinical manifestations conduce to difficulty in preoperative diagnosis. Imaging manifestations of this tumor is important for its identification. Contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) was a promising tool to characterize hepatic lesions and proved to have high diagnostic accuracy. The present study reported the CEUS characteristics of UESL in two adult patients, which exhibited peripheral rim hyper-enhancement along with progressively centripetal enhancement and large areas of perfusion defection. Sonographers should be fully aware of this rare disease for better differential diagnosis.

Cite this article

Yanling Chen, MM , Hantao Wang, MM , Hong Han, PhD , Yi Dong, PhD , Wen-ping Wang, MD . Contrast-enhanced Ultrasound of Undifferentiated Embryonal Sarcoma of the Liver in Adult: Two Cases Report and Literature Review[J]. ADVANCED ULTRASOUND IN DIAGNOSIS AND THERAPY, 2022 , 6(4) : 204 -209 . DOI: 10.37015/AUDT.2022.220014

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