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Incremental diagnostic value of shear wave elastography combined with contrast-enhanced ultrasound in TI-RADS
Shao-Ting Huang1, Bo Zhang2, Hong-Ling Yin3
1Department of Health Management Center, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China.
Purpose:
To evaluate the diagnostic value of shear wave elastography (SWE) combined with contrast-enhanced ultrasonography (CEUS) in diagnosing thyroid imaging reporting and data system (TI-RADS) category 4a and 4b nodules.
Methods:
TI-RADS, SWE, and CEUS features of 71 thyroid nodules (23 benign, 48 malignant) confirmed by postoperative pathological results were retrospectively analyzed. The diagnostic efficiency of each single method and that of a combination of three methods were compared.
Results:
The sensitivity and specificity in diagnosing thyroid nodules were 70.83% and 65.22% for TI-RADS, 68.75% and 91.30% for SWE, 77.08% and 78.26% for CEUS, and 91.67% and 95.65% for TI-RADS + SWE + CEUS, respectively. The area under the curve for TI-RADS, SWE, CEUS, and TI-RADS + SWE + CEUS in diagnosing thyroid nodules were 0.680, 0.839, 0.799, and 0.937, respectively. A significant difference was observed between a combination of the three methods and any of them alone (p < 0.05).
Conclusion:
Combining SWE and CEUS improves the differential diagnosis of TI-RADS category 4a and 4b nodules.
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