SonoVue® Does Not Appear to Cross the Placenta as Observed During an Examination Aimed at Confirming a Diagnosis of Liver Echinococcosis in a Pregnant Woman

Ultraschall Med. 2020 Apr;41(2):146-147. doi: 10.1055/a-0837-0791. Epub 2019 Feb 7.

Authors

Vincent Schwarze¹, Constantin Marschner¹, Giovanna Negrão de Figueiredo¹, Katharina Mueller-Peltzer¹, Jens Neumann², Johannes Rübenthaler¹, Dirk-André Clevert¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Radiology, Interdisciplinary Ultrasound Center, Hospital of the Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich (LMU), Munich, Germany.
² Institute of Pathology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich (LMU), Munich, Germany.

PMID: 30731478
DOI: 10.1055/a-0837-0791

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MeSH terms

Echinococcosis* / diagnosis
Echinococcosis* / drug therapy
Female
Humans
Liver
Phospholipids* / pharmacokinetics
Placenta
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications, Infectious* / diagnosis
Pregnancy Complications, Infectious* / drug therapy
Sulfur Hexafluoride* / pharmacokinetics

Substances

Phospholipids
contrast agent BR1
Sulfur Hexafluoride