ArticleRheumatology advances in practice2023
The value of shear wave elastography in diagnosis and assessment of systemic sclerosis.
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- Shear Wave Elastography for Non-Invasive Assessment of Skin Involvement in Systemic Sclerosis.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Increased thyroid stiffness without volume change in systemic sclerosis: a case-control study using two-dimensional shear wave elastography.Rheumatology international · 2026Article
- Increased transient elastography-derived liver stiffness in fibrotic interstitial lung disease compared with healthy controls and its association with high-resolution computed tomography extent: a cross-sectional observational study.Rheumatology international · 2025Observational
- Shear Wave Elastography to Quantitatively Assess the Early Changes of Skin Elasticity in Patients with Chronic Venous Disease of the Lower Extremity.International journal of general medicine · 2025Article
- Skin ultrasound in systemic sclerosis: past, present and exciting future.Rheumatology advances in practice · 2024Article
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Abstract
Objective: The aim was to determine the efficacy of shear wave elastography (SWE) in assessing skin stiffness and aiding in the diagnosis of patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc). Methods: A total of 66 patients with SSc, 100 healthy individuals and 27 patients with SSc-like disorders were included. SWE was performed at 17 modified Rodnan skin score (mRSS) measurement sites. The correlation between SWE and clinical profiles was assessed, and the diagnostic value of SSc was explored. Results: The SWE values at all 17 mRSS sites were significantly higher in SSc than in the healthy group [54.95 (45.95, 66.55) Conclusion: SWE correlates well with disease activity and collagen deposition in the skin, provides greater reliability than mRSS and aids in the diagnosis of SSc. SWE could be considered as a convenient and reliable quantitative tool for assessing skin sclerosis and disease progression in SSc.
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