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ABDOMINAL ULTRASOUND<br />

A<br />

B<br />

C<br />

D<br />

Figure 11.16 (A) Conventional ultrasound of the liver showing no abnormality. (B) Pulse inversion mode following<br />

intravenous Levovist injection showing a focal lesion (arrow) i.e. metastasis in the same patient as Fig. 16a. (C)<br />

Conventional grey-scale scan of the liver. A number of metastases were seen throughout the liver. One in the left lobe<br />

has been arrowed. (D) Pulse inversion mode with intravenous Levovist in the same patient as (C). The metastasis seen<br />

on the unenhanced grey-scale image can still be seen (arrow); however, easily discernible additional lesions are now<br />

also appreciated.<br />

within 5–6 cm of the probe. Radial probes may be<br />

used in the preoperative staging of a number of<br />

diseases, including oesophageal, gastric, pancreatic<br />

and lung cancer, whilst linear array probes are<br />

used for interventional procedures such as fineneedle<br />

aspiration analysis of mediastinal lymph<br />

nodes, solid organ assessment, for example pancreas,<br />

occasionally liver, adrenals, pseudocyst<br />

drainage and coeliac plexus neurolysis.<br />

Endoscopic ultrasound is more sensitive and specific<br />

than spiral CT, MRI or transabdominal ultrasound<br />

in the detection of small pancreatic masses<br />

and its diagnostic ability can be further enhanced<br />

by the use of endoscopic ultrasonically guided fineneedle<br />

aspiration cytology 36 and biopsy.<br />

It may also detect early changes of pancreatitis<br />

which are not visible on endoscopic netrograde<br />

cholangiopancreatography (ERCP), and one of its

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