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ArticleVeterinary sciences2021

Comparison between Histological Features and Strain Elastographic Characteristics in Canine Mammary Carcinomas.

Nieves Pastor, Lorena Espadas, Massimo Santella, Luis Javier Ezquerra, Raquel Tarazona, María Esther Durán

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Article in Veterinary sciences, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Diagnostic Imaging Features of Mammary Gland Tumors in Dogs and Cats.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Nieves PastorVeterinary Teaching Hospital, University of Extremadura, 10003 Cáceres, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-2827-6151
Lorena EspadasVeterinary Teaching Hospital, University of Extremadura, 10003 Cáceres, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-5503-912X
Massimo SantellaVeterinary Teaching Hospital, University of Extremadura, 10003 Cáceres, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-3722-8503
Luis Javier EzquerraAnimal Medicine and Surgery Unit, Department of Animal Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Extremadura, 10003 Cáceres, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-2536-9480
Raquel TarazonaImmunology Unit, Department of Physiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Extremadura, 10003 Cáceres, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-2926-6377
María Esther DuránAnatomy and Comparative Pathological Anatomy, Department of Animal Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Extremadura, 10003 Cáceres, Spain.
Universidad de Extremadura · ES

Funding

Junta de Extremadura, cofinanced by European Regional Development Funds "Una manera de hacer Europa." GR18020 and GR18085
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Elastography is a sonographic technique that provides a noninvasive evaluation of the stiffness of a lesion. The objective of this work was to evaluate the accuracy of strain elastography, the most accessible modality in clinical practice, to discriminate between different histological types of malignant mammary neoplasms in the canine species, which can provide complementary information in real time to the diagnosis and thus help in the choice of surgical technique. A total of 34 females with 56 mammary carcinomas were selected and classified into three histological groups according to their aggressiveness. The histological and elastographic characteristics of these malignant tumors were analyzed and compared to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of strain elastography. Visual score presented a sensitivity of 88.0%, specificity of 58.1%, and accuracy of 71.43% in distinguishing the most aggressive group of carcinomas. The strain ratio had a sensitivity of 84.0%, specificity of 61.1%, and accuracy of 69.64%. On the other hand, intratumoral strain ratio obtained a sensitivity of 71.40% and specificity of 61.90% when intratumoral fibrosis was taken as reference, with an accuracy of 66.07%. Similarly, peritumoral strain ratio was also positively related to fibrosis in the periphery of lesions (

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PMID35051093
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