Value of Quantitative Three-dimensional Doppler Ultrasound in the Differentiation of Benign and Malignant Thyroid Nodules / 中国医学科学院学报
Acta Academiae Medicinae Sinicae
;
(6): 300-304, 2015.
Artigo
em Inglês
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-257641
ABSTRACT
<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To investigate the role of quantitative three-dimensional (3D) power Doppler ultrasound in differentiating malignant and benign thyroid nodule.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>A total of 92 lesions in 86 patients were preoperatively examined using 3D power Doppler ultrasound. The Virtual Organ Computer-aided Analysis(VOCAL)-imaging program was used to analyze the stored volume ultrasound. The differences in the mean gray value (MG), vascularization index (VI), flow index(FI), and vascularization flow index (VFI) were compared between benign and malignant lesions.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>The MG of the malignant thyroid nodules was significantly lower than that of the benign ones (28.27±7.21 vs. 32.89±8.73,P=0.007). The benign nodules had significantly higher VI,FI,and VFI than the malignant nodules [VI(40.43±26.55)% vs. (26.87±23.06)%,P=0.011;FI41.03±7.19 vs. 37.51±7.17,P=0.022;VFI18.23±14.60 vs. 11.47±12.47, P=0.009]. Also,76.5% (39/51) of the malignant nodules and 92.7% (38/41) of the benign nodules had higher VIs in the shell of the lesion than that of the whole lesion,and 80.4%(41/51) of the malignant nodules and 95.1% (39/41) of the benign nodules had higher FIs in the shell of the lesion than that of the whole lesion.</p><p><b>CONCLUSIONS</b>Quantitative 3D power Doppler ultrasound provides a useful tool in distinguishing benign and malignant thyroid nodules. The malignant thyroid nodules have lower echoes than the benign nodules, wherese the benign nodules have larger blood flow than the malignant nodules.</p>
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Assunto principal:
Doenças da Glândula Tireoide
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Procedimentos Cirúrgicos Vasculares
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Neoplasias da Glândula Tireoide
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Angiografia
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Nódulo da Glândula Tireoide
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Ultrassonografia Doppler
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Imageamento Tridimensional
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Neovascularização Patológica
Limite:
Humanos
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
Acta Academiae Medicinae Sinicae
Ano de publicação:
2015
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