ArticleJournal of orthopaedic surgery and research2020
Diagnostic performance of conventional ultrasound and quantitative and qualitative real-time shear wave elastography in musculoskeletal soft tissue tumors.
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- Diagnostic performance and clinical utility of shear-wave elastography in musculoskeletal soft-tissue tumors: a systematic review.Frontiers in oncology · 2026Pooled it
- Shear Wave Elastography in Musculoskeletal Imaging: A Narrative Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Review
- Elastosonography in the Differential Diagnosis of Musculoskeletal Soft Tissue Tumors: A Systematic Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Review
- A rare case of intramuscular granular cell tumor in the right thigh: case report and literature review.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Article
- Evaluating shear wave elastography for differentiating lipomas from low to intermediate grade liposarcomas: is it reproducible and reliable?Skeletal radiology · 2025Article
- Analysis on diagnostic failure of US-guided core needle biopsy for soft tissue tumors.Research in diagnostic and interventional imaging · 2023Article
- Added value of contrast-enhanced ultrasound to conventional ultrasound for characterization of indeterminate soft-tissue tumors.The British journal of radiology · 2023Article
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- Differentiation of benign and malignant superficial soft tissue lesions using real-time strain elastographyTurkish journal of medical sciences · 2021Article
- Muscle Ultrasonographic Elastography in Children: Review of the Current Knowledge and Application.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Review
- The diagnostic performance of conventional ultrasound and strain elastography in malignant soft tissue tumors.Skeletal radiology · 2021Article
- The diagnostic value of ultrasound and shear wave elastography in the differentiation of benign and malignant soft tissue tumors.Skeletal radiology · 2020Article
- Diagnostic Accuracy of a Sonographic Scoring System in Predicting the Malignant Potential of a Soft-tissue Swelling.Journal of medical ultrasoundArticle
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Abstract
backgroundTo explore the feasibility to identify malignant musculoskeletal soft tissue tumors using real-time shear wave elastography (rtSWE).
methodsOne hundred fifteen musculoskeletal soft tissue tumors in 92 consecutive patients were examined using both conventional ultrasonography (US) and rtSWE. For each patient, the rtSWE parameters including maximum elasticity (E
resultsThe 81 lesions included in the study were histopathologically classified as malignant (n = 21) or benign (n = 60). The statistically significant differences between benign and malignant lesions were found in conventional US characters including size, depth, margin, echogenicity, mass texture, and power Doppler signal. Meanwhile, the significant differences were also found in quantitative rtSWE findings including E
conclusionsConventional US and quantitative and qualitative rtSWE parameters are useful for malignancy prediction of musculoskeletal soft tissue tumors. rtSWE can be used to supplement conventional US to diagnose musculoskeletal soft tissue tumors.
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