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Endoscopic Ultrasound (EUS) Guided Elastography.
| Content Provider | Europe PMC |
|---|---|
| Author | Iglesias-Garcia, Julio de la Iglesia-Garcia, Daniel Lariño-Noia, Jose Dominguez-Muñoz, Juan Enrique |
| Editor | Hanada, Keiji |
| Copyright Year | 2023 |
| Abstract | Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) is an essential technique for the management of several diseases. Over the years, new technologies have been developed to improve and overcome certain limitations related to EUS-guided tissue acquisition. Among these new methods, EUS-guided elastography, which is a real-time method for the evaluation of tissue stiffness, has arisen as one of the most widely recognized and available. At present, there are available two different systems to perform an elastographic evaluation: strain elastography and shear wave elastography. Strain elastography is based on the knowledge that certain diseases lead to a change in tissue hardness while shear wave elastography monitored shear-wave propagation and measures its velocity. EUS-guided elastography has shown in several studies high accuracy in differentiating benign from malignant lesions from many different locations, mostly in the pancreas and lymph nodes. Therefore, nowadays, there are well-established indications for this technology, mainly for supporting the management of pancreatic diseases (diagnosis of chronic pancreatitis and differential diagnosis of solid pancreatic tumors) and characterization of different diseases. However, there are more data on new potential indications for the near future. In this review, we will present the theoretical bases of this technology and we will discuss the scientific evidence to support its use. |
| Journal | Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) |
| Volume Number | 13 |
| PubMed Central reference number | PMC10217724 |
| Issue Number | 10 |
| PubMed reference number | 37238170 |
| e-ISSN | 20754418 |
| DOI | 10.3390/diagnostics13101686 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | MDPI |
| Publisher Date | 2023-05-10 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Rights License | Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). © 2023 by the authors. |
| Subject Keyword | endoscopic ultrasound advance imaging strain elastography shear wave elastography |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
| Subject | Clinical Biochemistry |
