Open AccessValue of contrast-enhanced ultrasonography in assessing the activity of idiopathic retroperitoneal fibrosis: a prospective study
Author(s) -
Jing Shang,
Mengdan Liu,
Yiwen Wang,
Yu An,
Lichun An,
Kunpeng Li,
Yan Zhao,
Jianglin Zhang,
Min Li,
Jin Zhu
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
clinical and experimental rheumatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1593-098X
pISSN - 0392-856X
DOI - 10.55563/clinexprheumatol/qie29j
Subject(s) - medicine , erythrocyte sedimentation rate , lumen (anatomy) , intensity (physics) , lesion , nuclear medicine , radiology , peripheral , ultrasound , contrast enhanced ultrasound , fibrosis , prospective cohort study , pathology , physics , quantum mechanics
We aimed to evaluate changes in the contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) parameters in patients with idiopathic retroperitoneal fibrosis (RPF) before and after treatment, and to analyse the value of CEUS to assess RPF activity.