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Shear-wave elastography in thyroid ultrasound: Can be a predictor of extrathyroidal extension and cervical lymph node metastasis in papillary thyroid carcinoma?
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- Determination of lymph node metastasis using quantitative ultrasound elastography of papillary thyroid carcinoma nodule: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC medical imaging · 2025Pooled it
- Clinical significance of multimodal ultrasound features in predicting cervical lymph node metastasis in papillary thyroid carcinoma with cystic change.Quantitative imaging in medicine and surgery · 2026Article
- Role of Ultrasound Elastography and Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound (CEUS) in Diagnosis and Management of Malignant Thyroid Nodules-An Update.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- The superior value of radiomics to sonographic assessment for ultrasound-based evaluation of extrathyroidal extension in papillary thyroid carcinoma: a retrospective study.Radiology and oncology · 2024Article
- Predictive Values of Clinical Features and Multimodal Ultrasound for Central Lymph Node Metastases in Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Preoperative prediction of central lymph node metastasis in follicular variant of papillary thyroid carcinoma using clinical and ultrasound features.Gland surgery · 2024Article
- Predictive value of an ultrasound-based radiomics model for central lymph node metastasis of papillary thyroid carcinoma.International journal of medical sciences · 2024Article
- An integrated nomogram combining deep learning, clinical characteristics and ultrasound features for predicting central lymph node metastasis in papillary thyroid cancer: A multicenter study.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2023Article
- Evaluation of Ultrasound Elastography Combined With Chi-Square Automatic Interactive Detector in Reducing Unnecessary Fine-Needle Aspiration on TIRADS 4 Thyroid Nodules.Frontiers in oncology · 2022Article
- A model based on clinical data and multi-modal ultrasound for predicting cervical lymph node metastasis in patients with thyroid papillary carcinoma.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2022Article
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Abstract
abstractThis study aimed to investigate whether extrathyroidal extension (ETE) and cervical lymph node metastasis (LNM) can be predicted using elasticity parameters of shear-wave elastography (SWE) combined with B-mode ultrasound (US) of papillary thyroid carcinomas (PTCs).We retrospectively reviewed 111 patients who underwent preoperative SWE evaluation among PTC patients from July 1, 2016 to June 20, 2018. Patients were divided into 2 groups based on the presence or absence of ETE based on pathology reports. Univariate and multivariate analyses of clinical and radiologic features including B-mode US features, US patterns, and SWE parameters were performed. These analyses were repeated in LNM positive and negative groups. The diagnostic performance of SWE parameters were also evaluated.Of the 111 patients, 33 had ETE, 78 did not have ETE, 44 had LNM, and 67 did not have LNM. A taller-than-wide shape and T3 stage on US were associated with ETE. Female sex, total thyroidectomy, and T3 stage on US were associated with LNM. When B-mode US and SWE were combined, there was no improvement in diagnostic performance.Combination of SWE and B-mode US findings is not useful for predicting ETE and LNM status in PTC patients.
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