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Comparison of the effectiveness of ultrasound elastography with that of conventional ultrasound for differential diagnosis of thyroid lesions with suspicious ultrasound features

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    • Jinru Yang
    • Yan Song
    • Wei Wei
    • Litao Ruan
    • Hong Ai
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    Affiliations: Department of Ultrasonics, The First Affiliated Hospital of Medical College, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shanxi 710061, P.R. China
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Ultrasound elastography (USE) has been used for quantitative imaging since the early 1990s. The aim of the present study was to compare the effectiveness of USE with that of conventional ultrasound in the differential diagnosis of benign vs. malignant thyroid nodules. USE was performed on 150 thyroid nodules in 123 patients. USE demonstrated a lower grade of elasticity (grade I/II) in 86% of benign nodules and a decreased strain ratio (2.30±1.01) compared with malignant nodules. USE of malignant nodules exhibited a higher grade of elasticity (grade III/IV) in 90% of nodules and an increased strain ratio (6.39±2.50). The results of the present study indicate that USE and strain ratio may be useful in the differential diagnosis of thyroid nodules.
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Yang, J., Song, Y., Wei, W., Ruan, L., & Ai, H. (2017). Comparison of the effectiveness of ultrasound elastography with that of conventional ultrasound for differential diagnosis of thyroid lesions with suspicious ultrasound features. Oncology Letters, 14, 3515-3521. https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2017.6644
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Yang, J., Song, Y., Wei, W., Ruan, L., Ai, H."Comparison of the effectiveness of ultrasound elastography with that of conventional ultrasound for differential diagnosis of thyroid lesions with suspicious ultrasound features". Oncology Letters 14.3 (2017): 3515-3521.
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Yang, J., Song, Y., Wei, W., Ruan, L., Ai, H."Comparison of the effectiveness of ultrasound elastography with that of conventional ultrasound for differential diagnosis of thyroid lesions with suspicious ultrasound features". Oncology Letters 14, no. 3 (2017): 3515-3521. https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2017.6644
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Yang J, Song Y, Wei W, Ruan L and Ai H: Comparison of the effectiveness of ultrasound elastography with that of conventional ultrasound for differential diagnosis of thyroid lesions with suspicious ultrasound features. Oncol Lett 14: 3515-3521, 2017.
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Yang, J., Song, Y., Wei, W., Ruan, L., & Ai, H. (2017). Comparison of the effectiveness of ultrasound elastography with that of conventional ultrasound for differential diagnosis of thyroid lesions with suspicious ultrasound features. Oncology Letters, 14, 3515-3521. https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2017.6644
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Yang, J., Song, Y., Wei, W., Ruan, L., Ai, H."Comparison of the effectiveness of ultrasound elastography with that of conventional ultrasound for differential diagnosis of thyroid lesions with suspicious ultrasound features". Oncology Letters 14.3 (2017): 3515-3521.
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Yang, J., Song, Y., Wei, W., Ruan, L., Ai, H."Comparison of the effectiveness of ultrasound elastography with that of conventional ultrasound for differential diagnosis of thyroid lesions with suspicious ultrasound features". Oncology Letters 14, no. 3 (2017): 3515-3521. https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2017.6644
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