Clinical Value of Real Time Elastography in Patients with Unexplained Cervical Lymphadenopathy: Quantitative Evaluation

Fu, Ying; Shi, Yun-Fei; Yan, Kun; Wang, Yan-Jie; Yang, Wei; Feng, Guo-Shuang

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저자정보: Fu, Ying (Department of Ultrasound, Key laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research [Ministry of Education], Peking University Cancer Hospital & Institute) Shi, Yun-Fei (Department of Pathology, Key laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research [Ministry of Education], Peking University Cancer Hospital & Institute) Yan, Kun (Department of Ultrasound, Key laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research [Ministry of Education], Peking University Cancer Hospital & Institute) Wang, Yan-Jie (Department of Ultrasound, Key laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research [Ministry of Education], Peking University Cancer Hospital & Institute) Yang, Wei (Department of Ultrasound, Key laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research [Ministry of Education], Peking University Cancer Hospital & Institute) Feng, Guo-Shuang (National Center for Public Health Surveillance and Information Services, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention)

저널정보: 아시아태평양암예방학회 Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP 제15권 제13호

발행연도: 2014.1

수록면: 5,487 - 5,492 (6page)

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Ultrasonography is non-invasive and can give useful clues in the diagnosis of cervical lymphadenopathy, However, differential diagnosis is difficult in some situations even combined with color Doppler imaging. The present study was conducted to evaluate the clinical value of real time elastography in patients with unexplained cervical lymphadenopathy using a quantitative method. From May 2011 to February 2012, 39 enlarged lymph nodes from 39 patients with unexplained cervical lymphadenopathy were assessed. All the patients were examined by both B-mode ultrasound, color Doppler flow imaging and elastography. The method of analyzing elasto-graphic data was the calculation of the 10 parametres ("mean", "sd", "area%", "com", "kur", "ske", "con", "ent", "idm", "asm") offered by the software integrated into the Hitachi system. The findings were then correlated with the definitive tissue diagnosis obtained by lymph node dissection or biopsy. Final histology revealed 10 cases of metastatic lymph nodes, 11 cases of lymphoma, 12 cases of tuberculosis and 6 cases of nonspecific lymphadenitis. The significant distinguishing features for conventional ultrasound were the maximum short diameter (p=0.007) and absent of echogenic hilum (p=0.0293). The diagnostic accuracy was 43.6% (17/39 cases) and there were 17 patients with equivocal diagnosis. For elastography, "mean" (p=0.003), "area%" (p=0.009), "kurt" (p=0.0291), "skew" (p=0.014) and "cont" (p=0.012) demonstrated significant differences between groups. With 9 of the 17 patients with previous equivocal diagnoses (52.9%) definite and correct diagnoses could be obtained. The diagnostic accuracy for conventional ultrasound combined elastography was 69.2% (27/39 cases). There were differences in the diagnostic sensitivity of the two methods (p=0.0224). Ultrasound combined with elastography demonstrated higher rates of conclusive and accurate diagnoses in patients with unexplained cervical lymphadenopathy than conventional ultrasound. The quantitative program showed good correlation with the pathology of different lymph node diseases.

#Ultrasonography #elastography #cervical #differential diagnosis #lymphadenopathy

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