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Hypervascularity

Hypervascularity is an increased number or concentration of blood vessels.

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Preoperative contrasted CT scans of the patient, showing multiple bilateral kidney tumors, with diameters ranging between 1 and 5 cm. Radiologically, most of the tumors have malignant characteristics due to their hypervascularity and radiopaque enhancement. source ↗

Hypervascularity is an increased number or concentration of blood vessels.

In Graves disease, the thyroid gland is hypervascular, which can help in differentiating the condition from thyroiditis.1

90% of thyroid papillary carcinoma cases are hypervascular.2

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References

  1. Current Medical Diagnosis & Treatment 2019. McGraw-Hill. pp. ch26.
  2. Diagnostic Ultrasound (5 ed.). Elsevier. 2018. pp. 691–731.