ArticleBMC cancer2020
The role of tissue elasticity in the differential diagnosis of benign and malignant breast lesions using shear wave elastography.
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Abstract
backgroundElastography is a promising way to evaluate tissue differences regarding stiffness, and the stiffness of the malignant breast lesions increased at the lesion margin. However, there is a lack of data on the value of the shear wave elastography (SWE) parameters of the surrounding tissue (shell) of different diameter on the diagnosis of benign and malignant breast lesions. Therefore, the purpose of our study was to evaluate the diagnostic performance of shell elasticity in the diagnosis of benign and malignant breast lesions using SWE.
methodsBetween September 2016 and June 2017, women with breast lesions underwent both conventional ultrasound (US) and SWE. Elastic values of the lesions peripheral tissue were determined according to the shell size, which was automatically drawn along the edge of the lesion using the following software guidelines: (1): 1 mm; (2): 2 mm; and (3): 3 mm. Quantitative elastographic features of the inner lesions and shell, including the elasticity mean (E
resultsThis prospective study included 63 breast lesions of 63 women. Of the 63 lesions, 33 were malignant and 30 were benign. The diagnostic performance of E
conclusionsSWE features, particularly the combination of E
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