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Table 3 Intra-operative CEUS in the diagnosis of bland thrombus with surgery and pathology as the reference standard

From: Contrast-enhanced ultrasound in detecting wall invasion and differentiating bland from tumor thrombus during robot-assisted inferior vena cava thrombectomy for renal cell carcinoma

Intra-operative CEUS diagnosis

Surgical and pathologic diagnosis

With bland thrombus (n = 10)

Without bland thrombus (n = 50)

Positive

10

2

Negative

0

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