Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound Defines Vascularization Pattern of Hamartomatous Colonic Polyps in Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome.
- Author:
Radu BADEA
1
;
Lidia CIOBANU
;
Emil BOTAN
;
Cristina POJOGA
;
Marcel TANTAU
Author Information
- Publication Type:Brief Communication ; Case Reports ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
- Keywords: Colonic polyps; Peutz-Jeghers sydrome; Ultrasound
- MeSH: Adult; Colonic Polyps/etiology/*ultrasonography; Contrast Media/diagnostic use; Female; Hamartoma/blood supply/etiology/*ultrasonography; Humans; Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome/complications/*ultrasonography; Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color
- From:Gut and Liver 2014;8(6):680-682
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
- Abstract: The hamartomatous polyps in Peutz-Jeghers syndrome may have malignant potential. To differentiate between hamartomatous and adenomas polyps, vascular characterization can be assessed using noninvasive procedures, such as contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS). The neo-angiogenic characteristics of colorectal adenomas and carcinomas are expressed as an anarchic vascular pattern observed on CEUS. Using CEUS in a patient with Peutz-Jeghers syndrome, we describe for the first time the vascularization of a hamartomatous colonic polyp that exhibits a hierarchy branching pattern.
