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DOI: University of Verona||Second University of Naples||Catholic University of the Sacred Heart-Fondazione Policlinico A. Gemelli||University of Sassari||University “G. d’Annunzio”||Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo||University “G. d’Annunzio” Chieti||San Donato Hospital||Ospedale Maggiore||Catholic University of the Sacred Heart- Fondazione Policlinico A. Gemelli||Cattinara Hospital||Catholic University of the Sacred Heart- Fondazione Policlinico A. Gemelli||Ospedale Maggiore||Breast Screening Center||University Sapienza||Ospedale Maggiore della Carità||Istituto Diagnostico Varelli||Ultrasound Diagnostics Center||San Donato Hospital||University of Pisa||Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo||University Sapienza||Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo||Castelvolturno||Ospedale Cannizzaro||University “G. d’Annunzio” Chieti||University of Milan||San Donato Hospital||Catholic University of the Sacred Heart- Fondazione Policlinico A. Gemelli||Policlinico S. Orsola-Malpighi||Catholic University of the Sacred Heart- Fondazione Policlinico A. Gemelli||Department of Internal Medicine Catholic University of the Sacred Heart- Fondazione Policlinico A. Gemelli||Policlinico S. Orsola-Malpighi||Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi||University of Palermo||Catholic University of the Sacred Heart- Fondazione Policlinico A. Gemelli||University of Padua||Andrea Tortora Hospital||Ospedale Sant’Antonio Abate||University Hospital Federico II

Volume: D'Onofrio M.; de Sio I.; Mirk P.; Vidili G.; Bertolotto M.; Cantisani V.; Schiavone C.; Accogli E.; Attili F.; Basilico R.; Brizi M.G.; Buscarini E.; Caiazzo C.; Calliada F.; Carriero A.; Casadei A.; Catalano O.; D'Anneo G.; De Prizio M.; Di Candio G.; Draghi F.; Drudi F.M.; Ferraioli G.; Francica G.; Granata A.; Iannetti G.; Maconi G.; Magnolfi F.; Mirk P.; Piscaglia F.; Pompili M.; Rapaccini G.L.; Sconfienza L.M.; Serra C.; Soresi M.; Speca S.; Stramare R.; Tarantino L.; Valentino M.; Vallone G., Issue: 2020, Pages: D’Onofrio||de Sio||Mirk||Vidili||Bertolotto||Cantisani||Schiavone||Accogli||Attili||Basilico||Brizi||Buscarini||Caiazzo||Calliada||Carriero||Casadei||Catalano||D’Anneo||De Prizio||Di Candio||Draghi||Drudi||Ferraioli||Francica||Granata||Iannetti||Maconi||Magnolfi||Mirk||Piscaglia||Pompili||Rapaccini||Sconfienza||Serra||Soresi||Speca||Stramare||Tarantino||Valentino||Vallone-Contrast-enhanced ultrasonography (CEUS) is increasingly being performed in Italy and Europe, particularly in the field of hepato-gastroenterology. Initially, it was mainly carried out to characterize focal hepatic lesions, but, since then, numerous studies have demonstrated its efficacy in the differential diagnosis of focal pancreatic pathologies (D’Onofrio et al. in Expert Rev Med Devices 7(2):257–273, 2010; Vidili et al. in J Ultrasound 22(1):41–51, 2019). The purpose of this paper is to provide Italian Medical Doctors with recommendations and thereby practical guidelines on the management of these patients. The present paper reports the final conclusions reached by the SIUMB guideline commission. This paper addresses particularly percutaneous ultrasound (US) examination (transabdominal US) and is drawn up specifically for publication.