[Sonoelastography in Differential Diagnosis of Thyroid Nodes]

The study was aimed to assess the diagnostic possibilities of the new method of sonoelastography. 68 patients with different thyroid nodes were studied. Sonoelastography increased the sensitivity of the routine ultrasound investigation from 89 to 94.8%, the specificity from the 83 to 93%, and the accuracy of the method from 76 to 89%. The method assignes the information of the structural changes of the thyroid, unavailable by the routine ultrasound investigation.