Fig. 1From: Can contrast-enhanced ultrasound differentiate the type of hepatic echinococcosis: cystic echinococcosis or alveolar echinococcosis?The US ultrasonogram of CE and AE. a A CE lesion exhibited circumscribed margin, regular shape and heterogeneous echogenicity with scattered calcification foci. b An AE lesion exhibited ill-defined margin, regular shape and heterogeneous echogenicity. c color Doppler ultrasonogram corresponding to b showed tiny punctiform and linear blood flow signals inside the lesion. US conventional ultrasound, CE cystic echinococcosis, AE alveolar echinococcosisBack to article page