Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound (CEUS) for the Characterization of Focal Liver Lesions – Prospective Comparison in Clinical Practice: CEUS vs. CT (DEGUM Multicenter Trial) Parts of this Manuscript were presented at the Ultrasound Dreiländertreffen 2008, Davos

Abstract

In a multi-center approach under routine clinical conditions, this prospective study demonstrates CEUS to be of equal rank to the CT-scan in regard to the assessment of tumor differentiation and specification. No statistically significant differences could be established. CEUS should be employed before computed tomography is performed for the differentiation of liver tumors, because radiation exposure and invasive biopsies can be avoided in veritable numbers of cases, when precise clinical evaluation of the findings is implemented.