Due to their often peripheral pleural-based location, pneumonias can be visualised by B-mode ultrasound. Therefore, sonography can be used as an alternative imaging modality to chest X-ray in suspected cases of pneumonia. Depending on the clinical background of the patient, and various underlying pathological mechanisms, a heterogeneous pattern of pneumonia is seen in both B-mode lung ultrasound and contrast-enhanced ultrasound. Here, we describe the spectrum of sonographic manifestations of pneumonic/inflammatory consolidation on B-mode lung ultrasound and contrast-enhanced ultrasound.
Keywords: CEUS; diagnosis; perfusion pattern; pneumonia; ultrasound.
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