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Elastography for the evaluation of thyroid nodules in pediatric patients.
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- The role of elastography in determining the risk of malignant thyroid nodules in children.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2024Article
- Application of shear wave elastography in the management of thyroid nodules in children and adolescents: our experience and a review of the literature.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2024Review
- Ultrasound Elastography in Children.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Ultrasound findings of the thyroid gland in children and adolescents.Journal of ultrasound · 2023Article
- Suspected Malignant Thyroid Nodules in Children and Adolescents According to Ultrasound Elastography and Ultrasound-Based Risk Stratification Systems-Experience from One Center.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Article
- Thyroid Cancer Risk Factors in Children with Thyroid Nodules: A One-Center Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2021Article
- Accuracy of shear wave elastography in characterization of thyroid nodules in children and adolescents.Insights into imaging · 2021Article
- Imaging and Imaging-Based Management of Pediatric Thyroid Nodules.Journal of clinical medicine · 2020Review
- Shear wave elastography and Doppler ultrasound in kidney transplant recipients.Radiologia brasileiraArticle
- Elastography in the evaluation of thyroid nodules in children - expanding the field of ultrasound to reduce the need for invasive procedures.Radiologia brasileiraArticle
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Abstract
objectiveTo evaluate the usefulness of elastography (using manual compression) as an additional diagnostic tool for children and adolescents with thyroid nodules. MATERIALS AND
methodsThis was a prospective study conducted between September 2012 and August 2013 at a hospital in Brazil. We performed elastography, ultrasound, and fine-needle aspiration biopsy in 32 patients between 6 and 18 years of age who had, in total, 38 thyroid nodules.
resultsThe elastography findings correlated with the histopathological diagnosis in 78.5% of cases. In three patients, an unnecessary thyroidectomy could have been avoided if the elastography results had been prioritized. Only one malignant thyroid nodule was found to show high elasticity.
conclusionOur results suggest that high elasticity of a nodule on elastography is associated with a low risk of thyroid cancer. If further confirmed in other studies, elastography may prove useful as a complementary test for screening thyroid nodules in children.
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