Ultrasound Elastography in the Evaluation of Thyroid Pathology. Current Status

Overview

Journal Eur J Radiol

Specialty Radiology

Date 2013 Jun 15

PMID 23763859

Citations 48

Authors

Vito Cantisani

Pietro Lodise

Hektor Grazhdani

Ester Mancuso

Elena Maggini

Giorgio Di Rocco

Ferdinando DAmbrosio

Fabrizio Calliada

Adriano Redler

Paolo Ricci

Carlo Catalano

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Abstract

Thyroid pathology including thyroid nodules and diffuse thyroid diseases represents often a diagnosing challenge for clinicians. US, although highly accurate in identifying thyroid nodules and diffuse thyroid diseases, is still not sufficiently accurate to evaluate them. US-elastography has been introduced in order to further increase US accuracy in many fields and eventually for thyroid disease. The aim of the present paper it to provide an update of the literature on different available techniques and the results reported both for thyroid nodules differentiation and for diffuse thyroid disease evaluation. Advantages and limitations of elastography are also discussed.

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