ArticleDiagnostics (Basel, Switzerland)2024
Shear Wave Ultrasonographic Elastography in Pediatric Spleens and Its Role in Differential Diagnosis.
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- Splenic shear wave elastography beyond portal hypertension: a narrative review of non-portal applications.Journal of ultrasonography · 2026Review
- Current State and Future Directions of Diagnostic Imaging and Interpretation in Pediatric Radiology.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- New imaging techniques and trends in radiology.Diagnostic and interventional radiology (Ankara, Turkey) · 2025Review
- Differentiating Benign from Malignant Causes of Splenomegaly: Is Acoustic Radiation Force Impulse Elastography Helpful?Diseases (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
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Abstract
Shear wave elastography (SWE) has become popular in clinical practice for many diseases. However, there is not adequate research on spleen-related diseases. This study aimed to investigate the potential of quantitative values obtained through SWE in evaluating spleen pathologies in the pediatric population and to demonstrate its performance to differentiate splenomegaly-related diseases. The research group retrospectively included children with pathological diagnoses related to the spleen from November 2016 to April 2021, and they were categorized into three groups, including portal hypertension (PH), benign lymphoid hyperplasia (BLH), and malignant infiltration (MI). Spleen sizes and parenchymal stiffness were also calculated for each group. Subsequently, mean spleen stiffness in each group was compared with normal values within the same age group. In total, 2781 children (1379 children for the study group; 1402 children for the control group) were enrolled in the study. The highest stiffness was observed in the PH group, which is statistically higher than others (
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