Frontiers in Oncology (Dec 2024)

Application of contrast-enhanced ultrasonography for gallbladder squamous cell carcinoma: a case report

  • Liqin Ruan,
  • Xiaoyong Wu,
  • Guiping Peng,
  • Jing Zhang,
  • Weili Chen

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3389/fonc.2024.1502226
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14

Abstract

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Preoperative diagnosis of Gallbladder squamous cell carcinoma (GBSCC) is difficult, and the contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) pattern has never been reported before. We present a case of GBSCC where CEUS revealed special findings that facilitated early diagnosis. CEUS demonstrated irregular peripheral ring-like enhancement during the arterial phase, with hypoenhancement in the late phases, and an irregular non-enhancing area persistently present in the center of the lesion.

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