Features of contrast-enhanced ultrasound imaging in malignant lymphoma after treatment with integrated Chinese and Western medicine.
- Author:
Xiao-Juan ZHENG
1
;
Yong JIANG
;
Xiao-Long SHI
Author Information
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- MeSH: Contrast Media; Humans; Integrative Medicine; Lymphoma; diagnostic imaging; therapy; Medicine, Chinese Traditional; Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color
- From: Chinese Journal of Integrated Traditional and Western Medicine 2009;29(5):410-413
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
OBJECTIVETo investigate the typical features of contrast-enhanced ultrasound imaging in malignant lymphoma after treatment with integrated Chinese and Western medicine.
METHODSTen patients with malignant lymphoma after different treatment cycles were examined with contrast-enhanced sonography, including 21 lymphnodes (in the neck, space of iliac blood vessels, retroperitoneum) and 7 spleen infiltrations.
RESULTSThe blood flow pattern distribution in lymph node before freatment was significantly different from that after trentment showed either by color Doppler flow imaging (CDFI) or by contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS, P < 0.05), and the difference in splenic lesion was shown by CEUS (P < 0.05).
CONCLUSIONContrast-enhanced ultrasound imaging is a valuable tool for the follow-ups of malignant lymphoma after chemotherapy and guiding subsequent treatment.
