B-mode ultrasound and contrast-enhanced ultrasound for evaluation of pneumonia: A pictorial essay.

Authors :: Safai Zadeh E
Alhyari A
Kroenig J
Görg C
Trenker C
Dietrich CF
Findeisen H
Source :: Australasian journal of ultrasound in medicine [Australas J Ultrasound Med] 2023 Feb 15; Vol. 26 (2), pp. 100-114. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Feb 15 (Print Publication: 2023).
Publication Year :: 2023
Abstract: Due to their often peripheral pleural-based location, pneumonias can be visualised by B-mode ultrasound. Therefore, sonography can be used as an alternative imaging modality to chest X-ray in suspected cases of pneumonia. Depending on the clinical background of the patient, and various underlying pathological mechanisms, a heterogeneous pattern of pneumonia is seen in both B-mode lung ultrasound and contrast-enhanced ultrasound. Here, we describe the spectrum of sonographic manifestations of pneumonic/inflammatory consolidation on B-mode lung ultrasound and contrast-enhanced ultrasound.<br />Competing Interests: C. Görg received funding from Bracco Imaging. Bracco Imaging supported CEUS workshops at the University Hospital Marburg.<br /> (© 2023 The Authors. Australasian Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine published by John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd on behalf of Australasian Society for Ultrasound in Medicine.)

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