Use of the contrast agent in the ultrasound diagnosis of kidney tumors

Abstract

Kidney cancer ranks third among other genitourinary diseases. Surgery is the standard treatment for kidney cancer. The current possibilities of early diagnosis and a comprehensive approach to treating permit a reduction in mortality due to this disease. Study of the use of contrast agents for focal liver lesions studied well enough. The authors give foreign experience with contrast-enhanced ultrasound in the diagnosis of hepatic and renal lesions and their own experience with the contrast agent Sonovue used in the diagnosis of kidney tumors.Keywords: contrast-enhanced ultrasound in the diagnosis of the kidney, renal cancer, the contrast agent.