Shear wave elastography in diffuse thyroid disease
| Autor: | Jan Herman, Zuzana Sedlackova, Jaromir Vachutka, Miroslav Herman, Richard Salzman, Tomáš Fürst |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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elastography
endocrine system endocrine system diseases 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology General Biochemistry Genetics and Molecular Biology Thyroiditis 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Humans Medicine diffuse thyroid disease Shear wave elastography medicine.diagnostic_test ultrasound business.industry Healthy population Thyroid disease Ultrasound Thyroid Healthy subjects medicine.disease Thyroid Diseases medicine.anatomical_structure 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Elasticity Imaging Techniques Elastography business Nuclear medicine shear wave |
| Zdroj: | Biomedical Papers, Vol 165, Iss 2, Pp 152-156 (2021) |
| ISSN: | 1804-7521 1213-8118 |
| Popis: | Aim. Our aim was to examine the contribution of shear wave elastography to ultrasonographic assessment in diffuse thyroid disease, specifically to evaluate the stiffness of the thyroid gland in diffuse thyroid disease and compare it with healthy controls. Methods. A total of 46 patients with diffuse thyroid disease were examined clinically, by conventional ultrasound, and shear wave elastography. The conventional ultrasound parameters followed were: volume, margin quality, presence of nodules, and vascularisation. We measured the mean, minimum, and maximum stiffnesses by shear wave elastography. Results were correlated with values in 128 healthy subjects. Results. Patients with diffuse thyroid disease had significantly higher mean and maximal stiffnesses of the thyroid gland: 12.5 ± 5 kPa and 35.3 ± 12.8 kPa, respectively, and lower minimal stiffness: 0.5 ± 0.6 kPa than the healthy control group with mean, maximal, and minimal values of 9.5 ± 3.6 kPa, 22.5 ± 7.3 kPa, and 2.2 ± 2.1 kPa (P |
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