Table 1.
Correlation between pulmonary pathology and CEUS: hemodynamic distribution in the lesions
| CEUS | Pneumonia | Neoplasm | Abscess/cavern | Infarction | Pseudotumor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Homogeneous enhancement <10 s | 33 | 1 | 4 (Around the lesions) | 0 | 1 |
| Inhomogeneous enhancement >10 s | 3 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Visibility of the pulmonary artery | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| CEUS early washout <120 s | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| CEUS prolonged washout >120 s | 31 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Complete lack of enhancement | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Area with absence of enhancement | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Reverberation artifacts inside the lesion | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |