The primary objective of the study is to determine the accuracy of CEUS in characterizing (as benign or malignant) focal liver lesions for which CT, MRI and/or PET have not been conclusive.
The study conducted will be a non-profit, observational, non-pharmacological, cross-sectional, but also partly cohort, retrospective and prospective study. The study is cross-sectional in nature, but will require 6 months of follow-up to evaluate the gold standard reference outcome in patients diagnosed with a benign pathology that does not require further investigations, and in patients with suspected malignant lesion for which histological diagnosis has not been performed on biopsy.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
100
CEUS performed as normal clinical practice
Policlinico Sant'Orsola Malpighi
Bologna, Italy
RECRUITINGCEUS diagnostic accuracy
CEUS diagnostic accuracy in determining the nature of focal liver lesions
Time frame: 2 years
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