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Table 3 Baseline grey-scale ultrasonography of 17 mediastinal lesions

From: The feasibility of contrast enhanced ultrasonography (CEUS) in the diagnosis of non-cardiac thoracic disorders of dogs and cats

Mediastinal lesions

 

Location

Shape

Margins

Echogenicity

Echotexture

Size

Malignant

Lymphoma (8)

Cr Med (8)

Rounded (3)

Oval (5)

Well-defined (8)

Hypoechoic (8)

Inhomogeneous (7)

Homogeneous (1)

< 50 mm (3)

> 50 mm (5)

Thymoma (3)

Cr Med (3)

Oval (3)

Well-defined (3)

Hypoechoic (3)

Inhomogeneous (3)

> 50 mm

Myxosarcoma (1)

Cr Med

Oval

Well-defined

Hypoechoic

Inhomogeneous

> 50 mm

Mesothelioma (1)

Cr Med

Oval

Well-defined

Hypoechoic

Inhomogeneous

< 50 mm

Carcinomatous lymphadenopathy (1)

Cr Med

Oval

Well-defined

Hypoechoic

Inhomogeneous

< 50 mm

Melanoma (1)

Cr Med

Oval

Well-defined

Hypoechoic

Inhomogeneous

> 50 mm

Benign

Abscess (1)

Cau Med

Oval

Well-defined

Heterogeneously anechoic

NA

< 50 mm

Lipoma (1)

Cau Med

Oval

Well-defined

Hypoechoic

Homogeneous

< 50 mm

  1. Cr Med Cranial Mediastinum, Cau Med Caudal Mediastinum