Observational studyWorld journal of gastroenterology2017
Combination of acoustic radiation force impulse imaging, serological indexes and contrast-enhanced ultrasound for diagnosis of liver lesions.
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- Diagnostic effect of shear wave elastography imaging for differentiation of malignant liver lesions: a meta-analysis.BMC gastroenterology · 2019Pooled it
- Linking elastographic evaluation benign and malignant liver lesion with histopathological data.Bioinformation · 2025Article
- Acoustic radiation force impulse predicts long-term outcomes in a large-scale cohort: High liver cancer, low comorbidity in hepatitis B virus.World journal of gastroenterology · 2023Article
- Value of shear wave elastography with maximal elasticity in differentiating benign and malignant solid focal liver lesions.World journal of gastroenterology · 2020Article
- Multi-parameter ultrasound based on the logistic regression model in the differential diagnosis of hepatocellular adenoma and focal nodular hyperplasia.World journal of gastrointestinal oncology · 2019Article
- Prognostic Value of Quantitative Perfusion Parameters by Enhanced Ultrasound in Endometrial Cancer.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2019Article
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Abstract
aimTo assess the value of combined acoustic radiation force impulse (ARFI) imaging, serological indexes and contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) in distinguishing between benign and malignant liver lesions.
methodsPatients with liver lesions treated at our hospital were included in this study. The lesions were divided into either a malignant tumor group or a benign tumor group according to pathological or radiological findings. ARFI quantitative detection, serological testing and CEUS quantitative detection were performed and compared. A comparative analysis of the measured indexes was performed between these groups. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves were constructed to compare the diagnostic accuracy of ARFI imaging, serological indexes and CEUS, alone or in different combinations, in identifying benign and malignant liver lesions.
resultsA total of 112 liver lesions in 43 patients were included, of which 78 were malignant and 34 were benign. Shear wave velocity (SWV) value, serum alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) content and enhancement rate were significantly higher in the malignant tumor group than in the benign tumor group (2.39 ± 1.20 m/s
conclusionThe combination of SWV, AFP and enhancement rate had better diagnostic performance in distinguishing between benign and malignant liver lesions than the use of any single parameter or the combination of any two of parameters. It is expected that this would provide a tool for the differential diagnosis of benign and malignant liver lesions.
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