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In a 47-year-old man with upper abdominal pain, ultrasound shows a fatty liver and an atypical lesion (arrow). The CEUS examination answered the question in 30 seconds -- this is a hemangioma, with classical pathognomonic peripheral globular enhancement (arrow). It’s a “slam-dunk” diagnosis: no further imaging, no further costs, and the patient knows immediately that this is benign. Figure courtesy of Prof. Paul Sidhu.
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