• 1.Department of Sonography, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China;;
  • 2.Department of Radiology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, ChinaCorresponding Author: LUO Yan, E-mail: luoyand@hotmail.com;
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 Objective  To approach the enhancing patterns of hepatic focal nodular hyperplasia (FNH) under contrast-enhanced ultrasound, and improve the recognition on diagnosis for FNH by contrast-enhanced ultrasound.
 Methods  The clinical data of 12 patients with histologically proved FNHs having accepted contrast-enhanced ultrasound examination from May 2007 to February 2009 in West China Hospital of Sichuan University were retroptectively analyzed, and related literatures were reviewed.
 Results  All FNHs were rapidly enhanced in arterial phase and spoke-wheel-like sign was detected in 9/12 lesions. Slightly hyper-enhancement or iso-enhancement were showed in 11/12 lesions, while 1/12 lesions showed hypo-enhancement in late phase.
 Conclusion  Contrast-enhanced ultrasound can display the dynamic blood perfusion of FNH, especially spoke-wheel-like arterial flow in early arterial phase, which is of great value for the diagnosis of FNH.

Citation: LU Qiang,HUANG Zixing,ZHONG Xiaofei,GOU Tingkun,LUO Yan. Application of Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound in Diagnosis of Hepatic Focal Nodular Hyperplasia. CHINESE JOURNAL OF BASES AND CLINICS IN GENERAL SURGERY, 2010, 17(4): 403-407. doi: Copy