To investigate the diagnostic performance of contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) in primary ureter transitional cell carcinoma (UTCC) by retrospectively analysis.
Methods:
Retrospective study was performed on 26 patients with UTCC
and all the cases were confirmed by pathological dignosis after surgery.
Results:
Conventional ultrasound showed the location of
26 tumors
including 9 tumors on the upper part
7 tumors on the middle part and 10 tumors on the lower part. 65.38% (17/26) of the lesion showed clear boundaries on conventional ultrasound
and 30.8% (8/26) detected blood flow signals in the lesion. On CEUS
all UTCC showed hyper-enhancement in arterial phase
and all the tumor boundary was clearly displayed. Pathological results confirmed that there were 13 cases of T
0
-T
2
stage and T
3
-T
4
stage respectively. The shape and boundary of ureteric wall at the lesion site and the width of the tumor were significant differences between high and low stage groups (
P
<0.05). The width of the tumor in T
0
-T
2
stage was small
and the ureteral wall was regular and clearly demarcated
while width of the tumor in T
3
-T
4
stage was large
and ureteral wall at the lesion site was irregular and blurred.
Conclusion:
CEUS showed UTCC more clearly than conventional ultrasound
and all tumors showed as solid and hyper-enhancement lesions in ureteral lumen. Moreover