Ultrasound contrast agent delivered per os first diagnoses pharyngoesophageal tumour

Ultrasound contrast agent delivered per os first diagnoses pharyngoesophageal tumour

Oral administration of ultrasound contrast agents has been described very little so far in medical literature. These agents are mainly administered intravenously and, less commonly, intracavitarily. We present the case of a patient with a cervical mass in whom sonographic examination with per os adm...

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Main Authors: E Antypa, DD Cokkinos, I Kalogeropoulos, D Tomais, PN Piperopoulos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Ubiquity Press 2013-03-01
Series:Journal of the Belgian Society of Radiology
Subjects:
Ultrasound (US)
contrast media
Online Access:https://www.jbsr.be/articles/211
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spelling doaj-18fe10d7b60c40c78a49895c8230f0a82020-11-24T22:11:45ZengUbiquity PressJournal of the Belgian Society of Radiology2514-82812013-03-01962697110.5334/jbr-btr.211211Ultrasound contrast agent delivered per os first diagnoses pharyngoesophageal tumourE Antypa0DD Cokkinos1I Kalogeropoulos2D Tomais3PN Piperopoulos4Radiology Department, Evangelismos Hospital, Athens, GreeceRadiology Department, Evangelismos Hospital, Athens, GreeceRadiology Department, Evangelismos Hospital, Athens, GreeceRadiology Department, Evangelismos Hospital, Athens, GreeceRadiology Department, Evangelismos Hospital, Athens, GreeceOral administration of ultrasound contrast agents has been described very little so far in medical literature. These agents are mainly administered intravenously and, less commonly, intracavitarily. We present the case of a patient with a cervical mass in whom sonographic examination with per os administration of SonoVue led to the diagnosis of a pharyngoesophageal tumour. The diagnosis was confirmed on barium swallow and endoscopy-guided biopsy.https://www.jbsr.be/articles/211Ultrasound (US)contrast media
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author E Antypa
DD Cokkinos
I Kalogeropoulos
D Tomais
PN Piperopoulos
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DD Cokkinos
I Kalogeropoulos
D Tomais
PN Piperopoulos
Ultrasound contrast agent delivered per os first diagnoses pharyngoesophageal tumour
Journal of the Belgian Society of Radiology
Ultrasound (US)
contrast media
author_facet E Antypa
DD Cokkinos
I Kalogeropoulos
D Tomais
PN Piperopoulos
author_sort E Antypa
title Ultrasound contrast agent delivered per os first diagnoses pharyngoesophageal tumour
title_short Ultrasound contrast agent delivered per os first diagnoses pharyngoesophageal tumour
title_full Ultrasound contrast agent delivered per os first diagnoses pharyngoesophageal tumour
title_fullStr Ultrasound contrast agent delivered per os first diagnoses pharyngoesophageal tumour
title_full_unstemmed Ultrasound contrast agent delivered per os first diagnoses pharyngoesophageal tumour
title_sort ultrasound contrast agent delivered per os first diagnoses pharyngoesophageal tumour
publisher Ubiquity Press
series Journal of the Belgian Society of Radiology
issn 2514-8281
publishDate 2013-03-01
description Oral administration of ultrasound contrast agents has been described very little so far in medical literature. These agents are mainly administered intravenously and, less commonly, intracavitarily. We present the case of a patient with a cervical mass in whom sonographic examination with per os administration of SonoVue led to the diagnosis of a pharyngoesophageal tumour. The diagnosis was confirmed on barium swallow and endoscopy-guided biopsy.
topic Ultrasound (US)
contrast media
url https://www.jbsr.be/articles/211
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