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Can contrast-enhanced sonography be used to characterize focal hepatic lesions in patients with liver disease?

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boxed-textKim SH et al. (2005) Value of contrast-enhanced sonography for the characterization of focal hepatic lesions in patients with diffuse liver disease: receiver operating characteristic analysis. Am J Roentgenol 184: 1077–1084

Contrast-enhanced sonography is effective in the identification of focal hepatic lesions in patients with liver disease, but the ability to determine malignancy in this setting is not fully proven

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Omata, M. Can contrast-enhanced sonography be used to characterize focal hepatic lesions in patients with liver disease?. Nat Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol 2, 452–453 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpgasthep0291

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