Contrast-enhanced ultrasound beats CT in diagnosis of portal vein thrombosis in liver cancer

April 15, 2008 Contrast-enhanced ultrasound beats CT in diagnosis of portal vein thrombosis in liver cancer Wendy Despain -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Contrast-enhanced ultrasound detected portal vein thrombosis far better than CT in cases complicating hepatocellular carcinoma. While CT found only 68% of thrombi, contrast-enhanced ultrasound identified every one in the study. It also did a far better job of helping determine if they were malignant. Dr. Sandro Rossi and colleagues at the IRCCS Policlinico "S. Matteo" in Golgi, Italy, and Sunnybrook Health Science Centre in Toronto studied 50 patients diagnosed with hepatocellular carcinoma complicated by portal vein thrombosis. They published their study in European Radiology, which made it available online March 28.

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