Publication Name	World Journal of Clinical Cases
Manuscript ID	59073
Country	China

Category	Surgery
Manuscript Type	Case Report
Article Title	Contrast enhanced ultrasound in diagnosing liver lesion that spontaneously disappeared: A case report
Manuscript Source	Unsolicited Manuscript
All Author List	Zong-Ding Wang, Salameen Haitham, Jian-Ping Gong and Zi-Li Pen
Funding Agency and Grant Number
Corresponding Author	Zi-Li Pen, MD, PhD, Chief Doctor, Surgeon, Department of Surgery, Fengjie People’s Hospital, No. 2 Kangning Street, Chongqing 400010, China. 623645246@qq.com
Key Words	Liver; Ultrasonography; Tomography; Contrast enhanced ultrasound; Focal liver lesions; Case report
Core Tip	This case report describes a patient with an incidentally detected focal liver lesion (FLL) in a routine computerized tomography (CT) scan preformed for an unrelated issue. After further investigation of the FLL, the CT scans gave a conclusion of hepatic hemangioma and couldn’t exclude neoplastic, while the magnetic resonance imaging scans diagnosed the lesion as small hepatocellular carcinoma, thus contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) was preformed to accurately diagnose the lesion which initially gave us a possible diagnosis of a benign idiopathic lesion, and observation over time required for a final diagnosis. In the 1, 3, 6 and 12-mo post-discharge follow up, the lesion spontaneously disappeared, and no final diagnosis was acquired as to what FLL might be. CEUS is very useful at diagnosing FLL but still has its limitations.
Citation	Wang ZD, Haitham S, Gong JP, Pen ZL. Contrast enhanced ultrasound in diagnosing liver lesion that spontaneously disappeared: A case report. World J Clin Cases 2021; 9(21): 5948-5954

Received	2020-11-25 05:20
Peer-Review Started	2020-11-19 04:23
To Make the First Decision
Return for Revision	2020-12-28 02:30
Revised	2021-01-17 05:02
Second Decision	2021-04-06 06:56
Accepted by Journal Editor-in-Chief
Accepted by Company Editor-in-Chief	2021-04-06 13:34
Articles in Press	2021-04-06 13:34
Publication Fee Transferred
Edit the Manuscript by Language Editor	2021-06-24 05:13
Typeset the Manuscript	2021-07-15 00:46

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