| Autor: |
Harun Arslan, Zülküf Akdemir, Alpaslan Yavuz, Necat İslamoglu, Mesut Özgökçe, Hüseyin Akdeniz, Abdussamet Batur, Nazım Bozan, Sebahattin Çelik, Ali Mahir Gündüz |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2018 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Van Tıp Dergisi, Vol 25, Iss 1, Pp 51-56 (2018) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
2587-0351 |
| DOI: |
10.5505/vtd.2018.87587 |
| Popis: |
INTRODUCTION: We aimed to investigate the contribution of strain elastosonography to the differentiation of benign and malignant thyroid nodules. METHODS: The retrospective study included 135 patients who were detected with thyroid nodules on ultrasonography and then underwent fine-needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB). Semi-quantitative strain elastographic evaluation was performed and mean strain ratio was calculated for each nodule. The elastograms were classified using the Tsukuba five-pattern visual scoring system. Accordingly, the lesions with scores 1 and 2 were accepted as soft nodules (benign), score 3 as moderately hard nodules, and scores 4 and 5 as hard nodules (malignant). The nodules were divided as benign and malignant depending on the histopathological results. The FNAB results were compared with elasticity scores. RESULTS: The patients included 18 (13.3%) men and 117 (86.7%) women. Of the 135 lesions, 113 (83.7%) were benign and 22 (16.3%) were malignant. Strain ratio value was statistically higher in malignant lesions compared to benign lesions (p |
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