Publication Name	World Journal of Radiology
Manuscript ID	4126
Country	Italy

Received	2013-06-17 08:23
Peer-Review Started	2013-06-18 08:58
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Return for Revision	2013-08-12 20:48
Revised	2013-08-29 00:10
Second Decision	2013-09-18 10:55
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Accepted by Company Editor-in-Chief	2013-09-18 11:32
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Category	Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Manuscript Type	Autobiography
Article Title	Contrast-enhanced ultrasonography in peripheral lung consolidations: What’s its actual role?
Manuscript Source	Invited Manuscript
All Author List	Sergio Sartori, Simona Postorivo, Francesca Di Vece, Francesca Ermili, Davide Tassinari and Paola Tombesi
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Corresponding Author	Sergio Sartori, MD, Section of Interventional Ultrasound, Department of Medicine, St Anna Hospital, Corso Giovecca 203, I-44100 Ferrara, Italy. srs@unife.it
Key Words	Thoracic ultrasonography; Contrast-enhanced ultrasonography; Pleuropulmonary diseases; Neoplastic lesion; Diagnostic accuracy
Core Tip	Contrast-enhanced ultrasonography (CEUS) is widely used to characterize focal liver lesions. The lung has dual blood supply (pulmonary arteries and systemic bronchial arteries), and theoretically it should be suitable for CEUS evaluation of arterial vascularity. This study suggests that a delayed time to arterial enhancement or an arbitrary score based on the overall CEUS behaviour ≥ 7.5 have high sensitivity and specificity in suggesting the neoplastic nature of pleural or peripheral pilmonary lesions. CEUS could allow for discriminating between lesions which need invasive diagnostic procedures, and those which can be monitored with clinical and instrumental follow-up.
Publish Date	2013-10-31 14:41
Citation	Sartori S, Postorivo S, Di Vece F, Ermili F, Tassinari D, Tombesi P. Contrast-enhanced ultrasonography in peripheral lung consolidations: What’s its actual role? World J Radiol 2013; 5(10): 372-380
URL	http://www.wjgnet.com/1949-8470/full/v5/i10/372.htm
DOI	http://dx.doi.org/10.4329/wjr.v5.i10.372

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