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- Title
In Achilles Tendon Disorders, Will Sonoelastography Add to Grey-Scale Ultrasound? Using MRI as Gold Standard.
- Authors
Kandil, Nour Mohamed; Abdelkarim, Maha Ahmed; Abdelwahab, Nagui Mohamed; Hashem, Aya Mohamed
- Abstract
Background The aim of this study was to verify the findings of color-coded sonoelastography in Achilles tendon disorders against ultrasonographic and MR imaging findings, describing the elastographic patterns and correlating their diagnostic ability to magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) as a gold standard. Results Our study showed that sonoelastography appeared to be highly sensitive to ultrasonographically detected changes, with 100% sensitivity, 16.6% specificity, 73% positive predictive value, and 100% negative predictive value, making it a good negative test to exclude suspected tendinopathy in equivocal cases. MRI examination was used as a gold standard. Elastographic grades showed moderate agreement to those of MRI (κ = 0.44, p < 0.001), while elastography had overall sensitivity of 87.5%, 100% specificity, and 90% accuracy in differentiating normal and pathological tendons. Conclusion We concluded that sonoelastography is a sensitive method in the diagnosis of Achilles tendon pathologies detected by ultrasound examination and it can be well correlated to MRI with high specificity for pathological tendons.
- Subjects
ACHILLES tendon; ULTRASONIC imaging; ACHILLES tendinitis; MAGNETIC resonance imaging; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; PREDICTIVE validity
- Publication
Indian Journal of Radiology & Imaging, 2021, Vol 31, Issue 2, p350
- ISSN
0971-3026
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1055/s-0041-1734224