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- Title
Ultrasonographic elastography in the evaluation of normal and pathological skin - a review.
- Authors
Ambroziak, Marcin; Pietruski, Piotr; Noszczyk, Bartłomiej; Paluch, Łukasz
- Abstract
The aim of this review article is to discuss the role of ultrasonographic elastography, a technique used to quantify tissue stiffness, in the evaluation of normal and pathological skin. A growing body of evidence suggests that elastography may be used for the diagnosis and monitoring of skin pathologies, in particular tumors, and fibrotic and sclerotic processes. Our knowledge about the elastographic parameters of normal skin is sparse, which together with the lack of reference values for cutaneous stiffness constitutes a serious limitation to the use of elastography in some medical disciplines, including aesthetic medicine.
- Subjects
ELASTOGRAPHY; ULTRASONIC imaging; SKIN imaging; TUMORS; FIBROSIS; TISSUES; PATHOLOGY
- Publication
Advances in Dermatology & Allergology / Postępy Dermatologii i Alergologii, 2019, Vol 36, Issue 6, p667
- ISSN
1642-395X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5114/ada.2018.77069