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- Title
Comparative study on the diagnostic values of different ultrasound technologies for malignant thyroid nodules.
- Authors
Jin, Xiao-Zhu; Lu, Wei-Wei; Zhang, Hai-Feng; Yan, Yuan-Yuan; Gu, Xiao-Le
- Abstract
The present study compared and analyzed the diagnostic values of B-mode ultrasound and elasticity imaging technology for the identification of benign and malignant thyroid nodules. Ninety-four patients who were diagnosed with thyroid nodules by ultrasound were chosen. All patients were checked with B-mode ultrasound and ultrasound elasticity imaging technology before surgeries. Further, the post-operative outcomes were compared with operation pathology. The pathological examination results were taken as the gold standard. The accuracy, sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value and negative predictive values of combined ultrasound diagnosis were all obviously higher than those by the B-mode ultrasound and the ultrasound elastography method (P<0.05). In conclusion, as a new technology, ultrasound elasticity imaging technology has relatively high diagnositic value in identifying benign and malignant thyroid nodules. With its own advantages and limitations, the ultrasound elasticity imaging technology could effectively complement B-mode ultrasound, and improve the sensitivity, specificity and accuracy of ultrasound diagnosis for thyroid nodules.
- Subjects
DIAGNOSTIC ultrasonic imaging; MELANOMA; THYROID cancer; POSTOPERATIVE care; CANCER cells; GENE expression
- Publication
Oncology Letters, 2018, Vol 16, Issue 1, p910
- ISSN
1792-1074
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3892/ol.2018.8706