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ArticleDiagnostics (Basel, Switzerland)2022

Diagnostic Performance of Point Shear Wave Elastography (pSWE) Using Acoustic Radiation Force Impulse (ARFI) Technology in Mesenteric Masses: A Feasibility Study.

Amjad Alhyari, Christian Görg, Christoph Frank Dietrich, Svenja Kawohl, Ehsan Safai Zadeh

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Article in Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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5 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Amjad AlhyariInterdisciplinary Center of Ultrasound Diagnostics, University Hospital Giessen and Marburg, Philipps University Marburg, Baldingerstraße, 35033 Marburg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-1308-988X
Christian GörgInterdisciplinary Center of Ultrasound Diagnostics, University Hospital Giessen and Marburg, Philipps University Marburg, Baldingerstraße, 35033 Marburg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-1900-5149
Christoph Frank DietrichDepartment Allgemeine Innere Medizin (DAIM), Kliniken Hirslanden Bern, Beau Site, Salem und Permanence, 3018 Bern, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0001-6015-6347
Svenja KawohlInterdisciplinary Center of Ultrasound Diagnostics, University Hospital Giessen and Marburg, Philipps University Marburg, Baldingerstraße, 35033 Marburg, Germany.
Ehsan Safai ZadehInterdisciplinary Center of Ultrasound Diagnostics, University Hospital Giessen and Marburg, Philipps University Marburg, Baldingerstraße, 35033 Marburg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-9775-3989
Philipps University of Marburg · DEHirslanden Klinik Beau-Site · CHUniversitätsklinikum Gießen und Marburg · DE

Funding

Anneliese Pohl Foundation 62083088
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeTo evaluate the diagnostic performance of ultrasound point shear wave elastography (pSWE) using acoustic radiation force impulse (ARFI) technology in different benign and malignant mesenteric masses (MMs).

methodsA total of 69 patients with MMs diagnosed from September 2018 to November 2021 were included retrospectively in the study. The inclusion criteria were (1) an MM over 1 cm; (2) valid ARFI measurements; and (3) confirmation of the diagnosis of an MM by histological examination and/or clinical and radiological follow-up. To examine the mean ARFI velocities (MAVs) for potential cut-off values between benign and malignant MMs, a receiver operating characteristics analysis was implemented.

resultsIn total, 37/69 of the MMs were benign (53.6%) and 32/69 malignant (46.4%). Benign MMs demonstrated significantly lower MAVs than mMMs (1.59 ± 0.93 vs. 2.76 ± 1.01 m/s;

conclusionARFI elastography may represent an additional non-invasive tool for differentiating benign from malignant MMs. However, to validate the results of this study, further prospective randomized studies are required.

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ARFI elastographymesenteric massmesenterysclerosing mesenteritisultrasound

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PMID35204612
PMCPMC8870845
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