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Combining real-time elastography with fine-needle aspiration biopsy to identify malignant thyroid nodules
| Content Provider | SAGE Publishing |
|---|---|
| Author | Zhu, Lei Chen, Yanyan Ai, Huijun Gong, Wei Zhou, Bin Xu, Yonghong Chen, Shuzheng Cheng, Feng |
| Copyright Year | 2020 |
| Abstract | ObjectivesTo evaluate the diagnostic performance of real-time elastography (RTE) combined with fine-needle aspiration (FNA) biopsy in identifying malignant thyroid nodules.MethodsThis was a single-centre, retrospective study and involved patients who had underogone partial or total thyroidectomy from 01 January 2014 to 31 December 2018 at our centre. Eligible patients were at least18 years of age, had reliable grayscale ultrasound imaging results, a RTE evaluation and had undergone a FNA biopsy.ResultsData were available from 437 patients. A high RTE score was a significant independent risk factors for malignancy. RTE plus FNA biopsy increased diagnostic accuracy compared with either method alone and the sensitivity and specificity of the combined model were 86% and 78%, respectively.ConclusionsThe combination of RTE imaging with FNA biopsy improves the diagnostic performance in differentiating benign and malignant thyroid nodules. |
| Related Links | https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0300060520976027?download=true |
| ISSN | 03000605 |
| Issue Number | 12 |
| Volume Number | 48 |
| Journal | Journal of International Medical Research (IMR) |
| e-ISSN | 14732300 |
| DOI | 10.1177/0300060520976027 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Sage Publications UK |
| Publisher Date | 2020-12-16 |
| Publisher Place | London |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Rights Holder | © The Author(s) 2020 |
| Subject Keyword | Thyroid nodule real-time elastography diagnostic accuracy fine-needle aspiration biopsy grayscale ultrasound |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
| Subject | Biochemistry (medical) Cell Biology Biochemistry |
