Contrast-enhanced ultrasonography in peripheral lung consolidations: What’s its actual role?

Table 2 Final diagnoses

Non-neoplastic lesions	n	Neoplastic lesions				Lost at follow-up (n)
		Primary tumors	n	Metastatic tumors (origin)	n
Slow resolution pneumonia	19	Adenocarcinoma	18	Colon	5	5
BOOP	5	Squamous carcinoma	5	Stomach	2
Abscess	4	Small-cell lung cancer	3	Testis (seminoma)	2
Pulmonary infarction	3	Indifferentiate carcinoma	6	Liver (HCC)	1
Organized pleural effusion	4	Sarcomatoid carcinoma	2	Breast	1
Post-surgical fibrosis	4	Mesothelioma	2	Indeterminate	2
Obstruction atelectasys	2	Schwannoma	2
Fibrotic plaque of the pleura	1	Plasmacytoma	1
		Lymphoma	1
			40		13
Total	42	53				5

BOOP: Bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia; HCC: Hepatocellular carcinoma.