Efficacy of acoustic radiation force impulse elastography in differentiation of benign and malignant lymph nodes
| Autor: | Rashmi Sudhir, M. V. T. Krishna Mohan, Bogala Shilpa, Veeraiah K. Chaudhary |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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| Zdroj: | Asian Journal of Oncology, Vol 03, Iss 02, Pp 106-110 (2017) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 2454-6798 2455-4618 |
| DOI: | 10.4103/ASJO.ASJO_48_17 |
| Popis: | Aims and Objectives: Aim of this study was to assess the clinical usefulness of Acoustic Radiation Force Impulse (ARFI) elastography imaging in differentiating benign and malignant/metastatic superficial nodes. Methods and Materials: ARFI elastography (Siemens Medical Solutions, Mountain View, CA) using Virtual touch Tissue Imaging (VTI) technique was performed and Shear wave velocity (m/sec) was measured in 85 patients (mean age, 49 years; range, 16–72 years) with 126 lymph nodes (96 axillary, 21 cervical and 9 inguinal nodes) which were biopsied and histo-pathologically correlated. Results: Of 126 nodes, 71 were benign (64 reactive and 7 koch's) and 55 were malignant (40 metastases and 15 lymphoma). The mean ARFI value of malignant nodes ±SD (4.42 ± 2.60) were significantly higher than the benign nodes (1.76 ± 0.44), with P |
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