Comments and Illustrations of the European Federation of Societies for Ultrasound in Medicine (EFSUMB) Guidelines: Rare Malignant Pulmonal and Pleural Tumors: Primary Pulmonary Sarcoma and Mesothelioma, Imaging Features on Transthoracic Ultrasound
Kathleen Möller,
Florian Dietz,
Michael Ludwig,
Stephan Eisenmann,
Christian Görg,
Ehsan Safai Zadeh,
Wolfgang Blank,
Christian Jenssen,
Veronika Vetchy,
Burkhard Möller,
Christoph Frank Dietrich
Affiliations
Kathleen Möller
Medical Department I/Gastroenterology, SANA Hospital Lichtenberg, 10365 Berlin, Germany
Florian Dietz
Department General Internal Medicine (DAIM), Hospitals Hirslanden Bern Beau Site, Salem and Permanence, 3013 Bern, Switzerland
Michael Ludwig
Department for Internal Medicine, Hospital of the German Armed Forces, 10115 Berlin, Germany
Stephan Eisenmann
Department of Internal Medicine/Respiratory Medicine, University Hospital Halle, 06120 Halle (Saale), Germany
Christian Görg
Interdisciplinary Center of Ultrasound Diagnostics, Gastroenterology, Endocrinology, Metabolism and Clinical Infectiology, University Hospital Giessen and Marburg, Philipp University of Marburg, Baldingerstraße 10, 35037 Marburg, Germany
Ehsan Safai Zadeh
Department of Biomedical Imaging and Image-Guided Therapy, Medical University of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria
Wolfgang Blank
Klinikum am Steinenberg Reutlingen, Medizinische Klinik I, 72764 Reutlingen, Germany
Christian Jenssen
Department for Internal Medicine, Krankenhaus Märkisch Oderland, 15344 Strausberg, Germany
Veronika Vetchy
Department of Biomedical Imaging and Image-Guided Therapy, Medical University of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria
Burkhard Möller
Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, 3010 Bern, Switzerland
Christoph Frank Dietrich
Department General Internal Medicine (DAIM), Hospitals Hirslanden Bern Beau Site, Salem and Permanence, 3013 Bern, Switzerland
Primary pulmonary sarcoma and mesothelioma are rare malignancies. The review article discusses the appearance of these tumors in B-mode ultrasound (US), color Doppler ultrasound and contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS). In particular, the article is intended to inspire the examination of thoracic wall tumors and pleural masses with the possibilities of ultrasonography and to obtain histologically evaluable material using US or CEUS-guided sampling.
