Application of contrast enhanced ultrasound in TN staging of pancreas cancer: comparison with contrast enhanced computed tomography / 中华超声影像学杂志

Objective@#To assess value of contrast enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) in TN staging of pancreatic cancer and compared with contrast enhanced computed tomography(CECT).@*Methods@#Seventy-eight cases with pancreatic cancer confirmed by pathology were enrolled in this study. All patients were examined using CEUS and CECT and staged according to the 8th guideline of pancreas tumors of AJCC. The diagnostic accuracies of CEUS in TN staging of pancreas tumors were compared with CECT.@*Results@#The diagnostic accuracies of CEUS in T staging and N staging of pancreatic cancer were 80.8%, and 78.2%, respectively. For CECT, the diagnostic accuracies in T staging and N staging were 88.5%, and 88.5%, respectively. There was no significant difference in the diagnostic accuracies between CEUS and CECT in T staging(χ2=1.56, P=0.21). The diagnostic accuracy of CEUS in N staging was significantly lower than that of CECT(χ2=3.86, P=0.04).@*Conclusions@#The diagnostic accuracy of CEUS in T staging of pancreatic cancer is similar to that of CECT, while in its N staging is lower than that of CECT.

Use of the BRAF V600E mutation in fine-needle aspirations of thyroid nodules / 中华超声影像学杂志

Objective To evaluate the diagnostic and prognostic value of BRAF V600E mutation screening of ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration (FNA)specimens in patients with thyroid nodule. Methods The BRAF V600E mutation status were assessed in FNA specimens of 104 patients with thyroid nodules before operations.The BRAF mutation status,clinical,and pathology records of the patients were reviewed and the associations between these characteristics and papillary thyroid cancer (PTC ) were analyzed.Results Seventy-one PTC and 14 benign thyroid nodules were included in this study.BRAF V600E mutations were found in 57/71 (80%)PTC.All benign thyroid nodules had no BRAF V600E mutation.The sensitivity,specificity,positive predictive value and negative predictive value of BRAF V600E mutations in differentiation between PTC and benign thyroid nodules were 80%,100%,100% and 50%(P < 0.001 ).In 44 patients with PTC who underwent surgery,the central compartment lymph node metastases and extrathyroidal invasion were not significantly different between BRAF-positive and BRAF-negative PTC (P = 0.283 and 0.307 ).Conclusions BRAF V600E mutation may be a potential tool to facilitate ultrasound in diagnosis of PTC.In patients with PTC,the presence of the BRAFV600E mutation was not significantly associated with prognostic factors.

The size of thyroid nodules contributing to the accuracy of fine-needle aspiration cytology / 中华超声影像学杂志

Objective To evaluate the association of the size of thyroid nodules and accuracy of fineneedle aspiration cytology in diagnose of thyroid nodules.Methods 691 thyroid nodules in 630 patients pathologically confirmed were retrospectively analyzed in our hospital.All imaging data of preoperative ultrasound-guided FNAC were collected in our review.Yields of FNAC were divided into six levels according to the classification criteria of the Bethesda system(level Ⅰ,insufficient material or nondiagnosed;level Ⅱ,benign ; level Ⅲ,atypical hyperplasia; level Ⅳ,follicular neoplasm ; level Ⅴ,suspicious for malignancy; level Ⅵ,malignant),＞level Ⅳ was the malignant cytologic criteria for diagnosis of thyroid nodules.According to the maximal diameter of thyroid nodules,the nodules were divided into group A(L≤0.5 cm),group B(0.5 cm＜L＜1.0 cm) and group C(L≥1.0 cm).Postoperative pathologic results were taken as the gold standard.Results Of 691 nodules,there were 176(25.47％),298(43.13％) and 217(31.40％) in group A,group B and group C respectively.Among the three groups,accuracy of ultrasound-guided FNAC in group B (90.94 ％) was higher than in group A(80.11％) and group C(83.41 ％),with statistically significant(P ＜0.05).There was not statistically different between group A and group C(P ＞0.05).The specificity,positive predictive value and negative predictive value were not statistically different among three groups(P ＞0.05).Conclusions The size of thyroid nodules was partly associated with accuracy of ultrasound-guided FNAC.

Study on hypovascular tumor' s treatment with targeted mierobubbles combined with ultrasonic abrupted destroy / 中华超声影像学杂志

Objective To assess the therapeutic efficacy of colonic tumor with targeted microbubbles encapsulated VEGFR2 monoantibody (mAb) combined with ultrasonic abrupted destroy.Methods Seventeen Balb/C nude mice with subcutaneous colonic carcinoma xenografts were divided into three groups:group A (5 mice) underwent contrast-enhanced ultrasonography (CEUS) examination and sham ultrasonic abrupted destroy;group B (6 mice) underwent lipid-microbubbles administration combined with ultrasonic irradiation;group C (6 mice) underwent VEGFR2 monoantibody-loaded microbubbles injection combined with ultrasonic irradiation.Red fluorescent protein(RFP) was labeled to all the nude mice model.Both CEUS and flurography were performed before and one week after abrupted destroy.The size,fluroscent area and fluroscent intensity(FI) and vessel density (VD) of each tumor were measured and compared.Results The parameters of length,fluroseent area,FI and VD of each tumor before abrupted destroy were no significant difference among three groups ( P ＞0.05).Parameters of post-sham ultrasonic abrupted destroy in group A were higher than those before sham ultrasonic abrupted destroy ( P ＜0.05).FI and VD in group B were significantly lower than those after abrupted destroy( P ＜0.05).There were no difference of length,fluroscent area of tumor in group B between pre- and post- ultrasonic abrupted destroy (P ＞0.05).Length,fluroscent area,FI and VD of each tumor in groups C were decreased significantly compared with post ultrasonic abrupted destroy ( P ＜0.01 ).There were significant difference of length,fluroscent area,FI and VD of each tumor among groups after ultrasonic abrupted destroy( P ＜0.05).Conclusions VEGFR2 mAb-loaded lipid microbubble combined with ultrasonic abrupted destroy can improve the therapeutic efficacy of colonic tumor.

Evaluation of ultrasound elastography in the diagnosis of prostate cancer / 中华超声影像学杂志

Objective To evaluate the application of transrectal ultrasound elastography (TRE) in the detection of prostate cancer(PCa).Methods One hundred and eighteen patients with suspected PCa were enrolled in this study.Each patient underwent transrectal ultrasound (TRUS), TRE and sonography guided prostatic biopsy on the same day.The accuracy rate of PCa detection using TRE were compared with the pathology results.Results Patients with PCa were detected in 62 of the 118 patients,including 48 cases by TRE and 38 cases by TRUS.The sensitivity for TRE (73.6％) was significantly higher than that of TRUS (52.8％) in periurethral zone(P ＜0.05).The sensitivity and specificity for strain ratio(SR) in predicting PCa were 85.7％ and 67.7％ respectively(cut off value：3.6,area under the curve 0.8, P ＜0.01,95％CI [0.68 - 0.92]).Conclusions TRE can detect PCa in the periurethral zone with good accuracy and has potential to increase ultrasound-based PCa detection rate.

Ultrasonographic appearance of post-hepatectomy in operative position / 中华超声影像学杂志

Objective To investigate the types of ultrasonographic appearance of post-hepatectomy in operative position. Methods The data about operative manner,operative position, type of plugger in residul cavitity of 176 cases who underwent hepatic operation,were collected. Their ultrasonographic findings of post-operative liver in operative position in different phrases after operation were analyzed retrospectively. Results The main appearance was: ① Absence of partial hepatic lobe or hepatic segment; ② anechoic area with thin wall or mixed mass in operative position; ③ conformation of irregular high-echo conglomeration in operative position, irregular wall thickeness and inhomogenous internal echoes appeared in anechoic area and mixed mass in operative position, color Doppler twinking artifact appeared around some plugger and residual cavity which made by curettage and aspiration technique with time passing by. Conclusions Ultrasonographic appearance of post-hepatectomy in operative position varies with different operative manner, operative position, resected area, and Absence or existence of plugger in residual cavity, different type of plugger in residual cavity.