Diagnosing and staging of cystic echinococcosis: how do CT and MRI perform in comparison to ultrasound?

• Main Authors: Marija Stojkovic (Author), Kerstin Rosenberger (Author), Hans-Ullrich Kauczor (Author), Thomas Junghanss (Author), Waldemar Hosch (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND: Imaging plays the key role in diagnosing and staging of CE. The description of CE-specific imaging features and the WHO CE cyst classification is based on ultrasound. The reproducibility of the ultrasound-defined features of CE cysts is variable in MR- and CT-imaging. This is of particul...