ArticleJournal of medical ultrasonics (2001)2018
Shear wave elastography evaluation in pediatric testicular microlithiasis: a comparative study.
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- Testicular Two-Dimensional Shear Wave Elastography, Peak Systolic Velocity, Volume and Epididymal Thickness: Establishment of Normal Reference Values and Discrimination From Orchitis in Adult Patients Presenting With Acute Scrotal Pain.Australasian journal of ultrasound in medicine · 2025Article
- Clinical and imaging diagnosis of pediatric testicular microlithiasis: a physician's dilemma.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2025Review
- Ultrasound Elastography in Children.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Can Shear Wave Elastography Help Differentiate Acute Tonsillitis from Normal Tonsils in Pediatric Patients: A Prospective Preliminary Study.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
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- Shear-wave elastography for the assessment of testicular involvement of hematologic malignancies in children and young adults: a feasibility study.Ultrasonography (Seoul, Korea) · 2022Article
- A preliminary study of shear-wave elastography for the evaluation of varicocele in adolescents and young adults.Ultrasonography (Seoul, Korea) · 2022Article
- Testicular stiffness in varicocele: evaluation with shear wave elastography.Ultrasonography (Seoul, Korea) · 2020Article
- A comparative study of shear wave elastography in the evaluation of undescended and retractile testes in a pediatric population.Journal of medical ultrasonics (2001) · 2019Article
- Ultrasound Evaluation of Testicular Volume in Patients with Testicular Microlithiasis.Ultrasound international open · 2018Article
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Abstract
purposeThe aim of this study was to evaluate the testicular parenchyma in pediatric patients with testicular microlithiasis by shear wave elastography (SWE) and compare the values with normal control subjects.
methodsTwenty-three patients previously diagnosed with testicular microlithiasis under follow-up for 20 ± 11 months were included in the study group. In the control group, 31 patients with no medical history that could affect testicular tissue were prospectively included. Forty-six testes in the study group and 62 testes in the control group were evaluated with gray-scale ultrasound and SWE.
resultsThere were no differences in age and testes volume between the study and control groups. The mean SWE values of all testes based on elasticity and speed parameters in the study group were 8.84 ± 2.86 kPa and 1.66 ± 0.26 m/s, respectively. In the control group, mean SWE values were 5.26 ± 1.17 kPa and 1.31 ± 0.14 m/s, respectively. Elasticity values were significantly higher in testes with microlithiasis as compared with the control group (p < 0.001).
conclusionsSWE evaluation demonstrates the effects of ultrastructural changes in elasticity that are not detected on gray-scale ultrasound. SWE is a more reliable method in follow-up examinations for pediatric testicular microlithiasis.
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