AJR 2006; 187:1115.
Cademartiri F, Mollet NR, Lemos PA, Saia F, Midiri M, de Feyter PJ, Krestin GP.
OBJECTIVE: Transpulmonary sonography contrast agents, in conjunction with contrast-specific imaging techniques, are increasingly accepted in clinical use for diagnostic imaging of several organs. Anatomically, the lung is characterized by dual blood sources, supplied from both the pulmonary and bronchial arteries. Contrast-en-
the bronchial arteries are the source of blood to lung lesions, depending on the time to enhancement and the extent of enhancement after contrast agent application.
CONCLUSION: This article reports our first experience with transcutaneous contrast-enhanced sonography for the diagnosis and differential diagnosis of peripheral lung lesions.