Comments and illustrations of the WFUMB CEUS liver guidelines: Peliosis hepatis and porphyria

Abstract

In this series of articles on comments and illustrations of the World Federation for Medicine and Biology (WFUMB) guidelines on contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS), the topics on very rare focal liver lesions (FLL) are discussed. This article describes the diverse changes of focal liver lesions in peliosis hepatis and the typical changes in porphyria. Although the focus is on the appearance on ultrasound and CEUS, the clinical context is always considered. While peliosis may be a surprising finding on puncture, lesions in porphyria cutanea tarda may be typical visual diagnoses that obviate the need for biopsy. If only you knew. This article aims to sharpen the clinician’s eye. It provides knowledge of the clinical presentation and US and CEUS imaging of peliosis hepatis and porphyria.

Comments and illustrations of the WFUMB CEUS liver guidelines: Rare malignant hematological liver lesions

“…Improved detection and characterization of common FLLs are the main topics of these guidelines. In recent years, conventional ultrasound (US) and CEUS features of less common FLLs have been described in detail [6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18]. In this current paper series, we aim to summarize the US and CEUS features of very rare FLLs for which limited reports and figures have been published, in order to create a library of these rare lesions.…”