Diagnostic Value of Real-Time Shear Wave Elastography in Diagnosing Thyroid Cancer

Oprea, Maria Cristina; Vlad, Mihaela; Golu, Ioana; Sporea, Ioan; Fulger, Lazar

Maria Cristina Oprea, Mihaela Vlad, Ioana Golu, Ioan Sporea, Lazar Fulger

Diagnostic Value of Real-Time Shear Wave Elastography in Diagnosing Thyroid Cancer

Abstract:

Thyroid nodules are a common pathology found in 50 to 60% of otherwise healthy people. Diagnostic imaging techniques are help discriminating between benign and malignant nodules, while fine needle aspiration is still a gold standard. Shear wave elastography, a recent imaging technique, holds the promise to become reliable diagnostic tools and is currently used in combination with ultrasound. We here report data obtained in a series of 52 thyroid nodules analysed by means of elastography, as well as conventional and Doppler ultrasound. We found no differences in age, nodule and thyroid volume, length, width, thickness and maximum diameter between benign and malignant lesions. Several sonographic patterns are considered to be predictive of malignancy, out of which we only found the intranodular blood flow to be statistically significant. By the means of shear wave elastography we have first assessed tissue elasticities, which are shown in a range of colours, depending on tissue elasticity/stiffness. Then, we have measured and recorded four parameters automatically displayed by the system, namely SWE-mean, SWE-max, SWE-SD and SWE-ratio. Data analysis showed all these quantitative parameters had good sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, negative predictive value and area under the curve, as calculated by the ROC curve. As with these parameters, the cut-off points were lower than in literature, still able to indicate reliable diagnoses, which were confirmed by histopathological exam. Our conclusion is that shear wave elastography has great potential for reliably and accurately diagnosing thyroid malignancies.

Keywords:
shear wave elastography; thyroid nodule; thyroid cancer

Issue: 2017, Volume 68, Issue 12

Pages: 2818-2822

Publication date: 2018/1/15

https://doi.org/10.37358/RC.17.12.5985

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OPREA, M.C., VLAD, M., GOLU, I., SPOREA, I., FULGER, L., Diagnostic Value of Real-Time Shear Wave Elastography in Diagnosing Thyroid Cancer, Rev. Chim., 68(12), 2017, 2818-2822.

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Oprea MC, Vlad M, Golu I, Sporea I, Fulger L. Diagnostic Value of Real-Time Shear Wave Elastography in Diagnosing Thyroid Cancer. Rev. Chim.[internet]. 2017 Dec;68(12):2818-2822. Available from: https://doi.org/10.37358/RC.17.12.5985

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Oprea, M.C., Vlad, M., Golu, I., Sporea, I. & Fulger, L. (2017). Diagnostic Value of Real-Time Shear Wave Elastography in Diagnosing Thyroid Cancer. Revista de Chimie, 68(12), 2818-2822. https://doi.org/10.37358/RC.17.12.5985

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Oprea, M.C., Vlad, M., Golu, I., Sporea, I., Fulger, L. (2017). 'Diagnostic Value of Real-Time Shear Wave Elastography in Diagnosing Thyroid Cancer', Revista de Chimie, 68(12), pp. 2818-2822. https://doi.org/10.37358/RC.17.12.5985

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M.C. Oprea, M. Vlad, I. Golu, I. Sporea, L. Fulger, "Diagnostic Value of Real-Time Shear Wave Elastography in Diagnosing Thyroid Cancer". Revista de Chimie, vol. 68, no. 12, pp. 2818-2822, 2017. [online]. https://doi.org/10.37358/RC.17.12.5985

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Maria Cristina Oprea, Mihaela Vlad, Ioana Golu, Ioan Sporea, Lazar Fulger,
Diagnostic Value of Real-Time Shear Wave Elastography in Diagnosing Thyroid Cancer,
Revista de Chimie,
Volume 68, Issue 12,
2017,
Pages 2818-2822,
ISSN 2668-8212,
https://doi.org/10.37358/RC.17.12.5985.
(https://revistadechimie.ro/Articles.asp?ID=5985)
Keywords: shear wave elastography; thyroid nodule; thyroid cancer

RIS
TY - JOUR
T1 - Diagnostic Value of Real-Time Shear Wave Elastography in Diagnosing Thyroid Cancer
A1 - Oprea, Maria Cristina
A2 - Vlad, Mihaela
A3 - Golu, Ioana
A4 - Sporea, Ioan
A5 - Fulger, Lazar
JF - Revista de Chimie
JO - Rev. Chim.
PB - Revista de Chimie SRL
SN - 2668-8212
Y1 - 2017
VL - 68
IS - 12
SP - 2818
EP - 2822
UR - https://doi.org/10.37358/RC.17.12.5985
KW - shear wave elastography
KW - thyroid nodule
KW - thyroid cancer
ER -

BibTex
@article{RevCh2017P2818,
author = {Oprea Maria Cristina and Vlad Mihaela and Golu Ioana and Sporea Ioan and Fulger Lazar},
title = {Diagnostic Value of Real-Time Shear Wave Elastography in Diagnosing Thyroid Cancer},
journal = {Revista de Chimie},
volume = {68},
number = {12},
pages = {2818-2822},
year = {2017},
issn = {2668-8212},
doi = {https://doi.org/10.37358/RC.17.12.5985},
url = {https://revistadechimie.ro/Articles.asp?ID=5985}
}

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