ArticleJournal of medical ultrasonics (2001)2020
Normative values of pancreas stiffness by shear wave elastography in healthy children and adolescents.
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Abstract
purposeTo define normal pancreas elasticity and velocity values with shear wave elastography (SWE) in healthy children and assess associations with gender, age, and body mass index (BMI).
methodsThis prospective study included a total of 100 cases (male: 50; female: 50), aged 3-17 years. Preschool, school, and adolescent periods of 3-6 years (n = 27), 7-12 years (n = 30), and 13-17 years (n = 43), respectively, were created in addition to two groups representing prepubertal and postpubertal periods of 3-10 years (n = 50) and 11-18 years (n = 50), respectively. Demographic data regarding the gender, age, height, body weight, and BMI were recorded. Pancreatic head, corpus, and tail SWE measurements were performed with a convex transducer (3.5-5 MHz). Correlations and comparisons were made for stiffness values between groups. Statistical analyses used Mann-Whitney U, Kruskal-Wallis, and Spearman's correlation tests.
resultsMedians (25-75th percentage) of age and BMI were 7 (4.25-10) years and 15 (13-17) years and 17.47 (14.94-19.23) kg/m
conclusionNormal elasticity and velocity values were defined for the pancreas with SWE in children. Pancreatic stiffness does not significantly change among pancreas parts, but it increases with the transition from childhood to adolescence.
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