Application of contrast-enhanced ultrasonography in pediatric abdominal disease
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1004-4477.2018.01.009
- VernacularTitle:超声造影在儿童腹部病变中的应用
- Author:
Quanyuan SHAN
1
;
Xiaoyan XIE
;
Huadong CHEN
;
Hong JIANG
;
Xiaohua XIE
;
Luyao ZHOU
Author Information
1. 中山大学附属第一医院超声医学科
- Keywords:
Contrast-enhanced ultrasonography;
Pediatric abdominal disease;
Security;
Diagnostic efficiency
- From:
Chinese Journal of Ultrasonography
2018;27(1):36-42
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To investigate the security,applicability and diagnostic capacity of intravenous contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) in a pediatric population. Methods A total of 53 pediatric patients (8 months to 18 years old) received 66 intravenous applications of ultrasound contrast agent SonoVue.Side effects were documented.Histology,reference imaging or clinical diagnosis were compared with CEUS diagnostic results. Results Adverse effects occurred in 1/66 applications (1.5% ). For 44 focal liver lesions,the sensitivity was 100%,the specificity was 95.65%,the positive predictive value was 95.45% and the negative predictive value was 100%.The diagnostic accuracy was 97.73%.All 22 other lesions were diagnosed correctly.Conclusions It is safe and feasible to use intravenous CEUS in children.CEUS is worthy of promotion in pediatric patients with abdominal diseases.
