Contrast enhanced ultrasound of a rare case of Peliosis hepatis

Med Ultrason. 2017 Jan 31;19(1):114-116. doi: 10.11152/mu-940.

Abstract

Peliosis hepatis is a rare benign disorder of the liver, histologically characterized by blood-filled cystic cavities of various sizes and irregular shapes, communicating with the hepatic sinusoids. Only a few cases of peliosis hepatis have been described using contrast enhanced ultrasound showing admittedly various dynamic enhancement patterns. We present a case of peliosis hepatis with a typical target-sign enhancement depicted by means of contrast enhanced ultrasound.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Biopsy
  • Contrast Media*
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Image Enhancement / methods*
  • Liver / blood supply
  • Liver / diagnostic imaging
  • Liver / pathology
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Peliosis Hepatis / diagnostic imaging*
  • Peliosis Hepatis / pathology
  • Ultrasonography, Interventional / methods*

Substances

  • Contrast Media