Ultraschall in der Medizin : Organ der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Ultraschall in der Medizin, [der] Österreichischen Gesellschaft für Ultraschall in der Medizin, [der] Schweizerischen Gesellschaft für Ultraschall in Medizin und Biologie
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Transcutaneous ultrasound enables visualization of pleural based lesions but with a poor correlation to specific pathology. Ultrasound contrast agents in conjunction with contrast specific imaging techniques are increasingly accepted in clinical use. Up to date there are no data about the use of contrast enhanced sonography (CES) in a large series of pleural based pulmonary lesions. ⋯ Pulmonary lesions are characterized by different CES-patterns of arterial supply as evidenced by TE and EE which depends on underlying causes, but CES does not allow to distinguish benign from malignant pleural based lesions in general.
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The aim of our study was to examine gastric function, gallbladder emptying, and dyspepsia in symptomatic gallbladder stone patients (SGBS) to see if a motility disorder, expressed by gastric function and gallbladder emptying, may cause dyspepsia in SBGS. ⋯ SGBS had a wider proximal stomach and more hunger in the fasting state than C. After cholecystectomy the proximal stomach function and the hunger score improved. Our results suggest a physiological link between symptomatic gallstone disease and dyspepsia expressed by impaired proximal gastric function.