Elastography in the detection of thyroid nodules:compared with pathology / 中华超声影像学杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To discuss the clinical value of ultrasonic elastography for thyroid nodules,and compared with pathology.Methods 77 patients with 105 thyroid lesions were analyzed.Tissue stiffness on elastography was scored from one(greatest elastics train)to five (no strain).Results On elastographyscores 1 and 2 were found in 75％ benign lesions.Scores 3 to 5 were found in 97.4％ malignant lesions.There were statistically difference in the scores of elastography between the benign and malignant lesions (P ＜0.01).Conclusions The ultrasonic elastography had positive significance in differentiating benign and malignant thyroid nodules.If the score of elastography is more than or equal to 3,the thyroid nodule is highprobablely malignant.