Diagnostic value of strain elastography and shear wave elastography in differentiating benign and malignant breast lesions

Autor: Rafia Shahzad, Ismat Fatima, Tooba Anjum, Abubaker Shahid
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Annals of Saudi Medicine, Vol 42, Iss 5, Pp 319-326 (2022)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 0256-4947
0975-4466
DOI: 10.5144/0256-4947.2022.319
Popis: BACKGROUND: Conventional B-mode breast ultrasonography, though the primary modality to determine benign or malignant nature of a solid breast lesion, sometimes encounters overlapping sonographic morphological features in a single lesion. Elastography leads to improvement by evaluating the structural aspects and characterization of the lesion as benign or malignant on the basis of multi-parametric assessment. OBJECTIVE: Determine the role of strain elastography (SE) and shear wave elastography (SWE) in differentiating benign and malignant breast lesions. DESIGN: Cross sectional SETTING: Radiology department of hospital PATIENTS AND METHODS: Patients meeting inclusion criteria referred to our hospital for ultrasonography followed by biopsy or surgical excisions were examined with B-mode ultrasonography and by both strain and shear wave elastography. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Mean values of SE and SWE in benign and malignant breast lesions, determination of cutoff using AUC curves and sensitivity and specificity of both techniques. SAMPLE SIZE: One hundred breast lesions from 95 consecutive patients. RESULTS: The mean (SD) strain elastography ratio in the overall patient population was 4.1 (2.0). Cutoff for benign vs. malignant lesions was 2.86 on the ROC curve. The AUC was 0.911 (95%CI; 0.835-0.988: SE, 0.039) with a sensitivity of 95.8% and a specificity of 89.3%. For the SWE kPa values, the ROC curve showed the AUC was 0.929 (95% CI, 0.870-0.988; SE: 0.030, P
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