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Wang Z, Bai J, Jiao G, Li P. Quantitative evaluation of endobronchial ultrasound elastography in the diagnosis of benign and malignant mediastinal and hilar lymph nodes. Respir Med 2024; 224:107566. [PMID: 38355018 DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2024.107566] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2023] [Revised: 01/16/2024] [Accepted: 02/11/2024] [Indexed: 02/16/2024]
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OBJECTIVE To compare the diagnostic value of different quantitative methods of endobronchial ultrasound elastography in benign and malignant mediastinal and hilar lymph nodes. METHODS This retrospective study included patients who underwent endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS-TBNA) for mediastinal and hilar lymph node enlargement in our hospital between January 2019 and August 2022. We compared different quantitative elastography parameters [red area ratio (RAR, lymph node red area/lymph node area), green area ratio (GAR, lymph node green area/lymph node area), blue area ratio (SAR, lymph node blue area/lymph node area), mixed area ratio (MAR, lymph node green area/lymph node area), blue-green lymph node area/lymph node area), strain rate ratio (SR), strain rate in the target lymph node (LPA), ratio of blue area to total lymph node area outside the center of the target lymph node (PAR), and average grey value (MGV)], in order to find the best quantitative evaluation method. RESULTS A total of 244 patients (346 lymph nodes) were included in this study. All quantitative elastography parameters were statistically significant for the differentiation of benign and malignant lesions except the average grey value of the target lymph nodes. The area under the receiver operating characteristic curve of SAR was 0.872 (95% confidence interval: 0.83-0.91), the cutoff value was 0.409, and the sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative predictive values were 85.4%, 78.0%, 80.4%, and 83.4%, respectively. CONCLUSION Compared with other types of quantitative analysis, SAR has a higher predictive significance for benign and malignant lymph nodes.
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- Zhen Wang
- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China
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- Department of Rheumatology, The 1st Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China.
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He H, Wu X, Jiang M, Xu Z, Zhang X, Pan J, Fu X, Luo Y, Chen J. Diagnostic accuracy of contrast-enhanced ultrasound synchronized with shear wave elastography in the differential diagnosis of benign and malignant breast lesions: a diagnostic test. Gland Surg 2023; 12:54-66. [PMID: 36761482 PMCID: PMC9906099 DOI: 10.21037/gs-22-684] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2022] [Accepted: 01/06/2023] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Background Breast cancer (BC) is one of the most common malignancies affecting women. Timely and accurate diagnosis is crucial for treatment and prognosis. Some studies have found that elastography combined with microperfusion characteristics, which are mostly described by contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS), could help in the diagnosis of breast lesions. This study aimed to assess the diagnostic performance of CEUS synchronized with shear wave elastography (SWE) in discriminating between benign and malignant breast lesions by using real-time contrast elastography images to analyze shell elasticity and contrast intensity. Methods A total of 26 pathologically confirmed breast lesions in 26 patients were retrospectively reviewed. Each patient underwent conventional B-mode ultrasound, CEUS, and then SWE data was obtained from a frame of image that was almost identical to the B-mode and CEUS images when acquiring time to peak (TTP). Breast lesions were evaluated based on the Breast Imaging Reporting and Data System (BI-RADS) and quantitative characteristics that describe the stiffness and intensity of contrast of the 1.0-3.0 mm shell region. Quantitative aspects of the inner lesions and shell on the elastogram included the maximum (Emax), mean (Emean), and minimum (Emin) Young's moduli. Quantitative enhanced features included maximum (Imax) and mean (Imean) intensity. We took postoperative pathological results as the gold standard. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves were used to compare the diagnostic efficacy of the 2 examination modalities, either alone or in combination. Results The age of the patients ranged from 23 to 76 years, with a 42.5-year average age. In all breast lesions, 19 were benign and 7 were malignant. SWE synchronized with CEUS can effectively improve the diagnostic performance of breast lesions, and Emean + Imean and Emax + Emean + Imean of shell at 1.0 mm both had the highest area under the curve (AUC) of 0.86 [95% confidence interval (CI): 0.67, 0.96], with the sensitivity and specificity of 71.43% and 89.47%, respectively. Conclusions The combination of CEUS and SWE has a better diagnostic value in differentiating benign and malignant breast lesions compared to separate techniques.
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- Huiling He
- Department of Ultrasound Medicine, the Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Yiwu, China
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- Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
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- Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
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- Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Ultrasound Medicine, the Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Yiwu, China
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- Department of Clinical and Research, Shenzhen Mindray Bio-Medical Electronics Co., Ltd., Shenzhen, China
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- Department of Ultrasound Medicine, the Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Yiwu, China
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- Department of Ultrasound Medicine, the Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Yiwu, China
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- Department of Ultrasound Medicine, the Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Yiwu, China
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Xie X, Ma Y, Xing X, Zhou H, Liu S, Zhang Y, Xu M. The values of elastic quantitative and semi-quantitative indexes measured from different frequencies in the establishment of prediction models for breast tumor diagnosis. BMC Med Imaging 2022; 22:196. [DOI: 10.1186/s12880-022-00915-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2022] [Accepted: 10/18/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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To obtain the elastic quantitative and semi-quantitative indexes of solid breast masses using ultrasound linear array probes with two different frequencies, and to construct prediction models and evaluate their diagnostic values.
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A total of 92 patients who were scheduled for surgical treatment on solid breast masses were enrolled in this study. Linear array probes with two frequencies, 9-3 MHz (L9 group) and 14-5 MHz (L14 group), were used for sound touch elastography and strain elastography before surgery, and the maximum elasticity value (Emax), average elasticity value (Emean), minimum elasticity value (Emin), standard deviation (SD)(in kPa), elasticity ratio (E), and strain ratio to fat (SRf) were recorded and calculated for the breast mass (A) and surrounding tissues (Shell). The elastic characteristic indexes of the L9 group and L14 group were compared, and the prediction models of these two groups were constructed using Logistic regression method.
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The diagnostic performance of the prediction model based on L9 group was better than the model based on L14 group (AUC: 0.904 vs. 0.810, P = 0.0343, z = 2.116) and the best single index EMax-shell-L9 (P = 0.0398, z = 2.056). The sensitivity of L9 based model was 85.19% and the specificity was 84.21%.
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The prediction model based on quantitative and semi-quantitative elastic ultrasound indexes from L9-3 probe exhibited better performance, which could improve the diagnostic accuracy for malignant breast tumors.
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Prospective analysis of breast masses using the combined score for quantitative ultrasonography parameters. Sci Rep 2022; 12:16205. [PMID: 36171328 PMCID: PMC9519555 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-19971-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2021] [Accepted: 09/07/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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To investigate the diagnostic value of combined SWE, SMI, and B-mode US scores for distinguishing between benign and malignant masses. A total of 450 breast masses that underwent US-guided core needle biopsies were prospectively enrolled. The breast masses were assessed based on the BI-RADS and quantitative SWE and SMI parameters. The SWEmax, SWEratio, and SMIVI cutoff value were determined using Youden’s index by comparison to the pathological results. The BI-RADS categories were scored on a scale from 1 to 5, and SWEmax, SWEratio, and SMIVI were dichotomized based on each cutoff values (0 or 1). The combined scores (1 to 8) were calculated as the sum of the BI-RADS score and the quantitative scores and compared to the pathologic results using AUROC analysis. The cutoff values were 52.25 kPa for SWEmax, 5.03 for SWEratio, and 2.15% for SMIVI. In AUROC, the combined scores showed significantly better diagnostic performance compared to BI-RADS alone (p < 0.001). The combined score showed significantly increased than BI-RADS alone in specificity (p < 0.001) and accuracy (p < 0.001), but a sensitivity decreased without significance (p = 0.082). When a combined score cutoff value of 4 was used, the false negative rate was 2.7%. Using the combined score, 76.4% of the C4a lesions were considered benign also pathologically diagnosed as benign. The combined scores showed improved diagnostic performance in differentiating between benign and malignant breast masses, which could be helpful for determining a breast biopsy eligibility.
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Bartolotta TV, Orlando AAM, Dimarco M, Zarcaro C, Ferraro F, Cirino A, Matranga D, Vieni S, Cabibi D. Diagnostic performance of 2D-shear wave elastography in the diagnosis of breast cancer: a clinical appraisal of cutoff values. Radiol Med 2022; 127:1209-1220. [DOI: 10.1007/s11547-022-01546-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2022] [Accepted: 08/17/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Zhao R, Jiang H, Cao J, Li B, Xu L, Dai S. Prediction of Axillary Lymph Node Metastasis in Invasive Breast Cancer by Sound Touch Elastography. ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE & BIOLOGY 2022; 48:1879-1887. [PMID: 35691734 DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2022.05.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2021] [Revised: 05/05/2022] [Accepted: 05/11/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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The aims of this study were to investigate the value of sound touch elastography (STE) in predicting axillary lymph node metastasis (ALNM) in patients with invasive breast cancer (IBC) and to explore whether lysyl oxidase (LOX) is correlated with increasing stiffness and promotion of metastasis in IBC. A total of 142 lesions in 142 patients were assessed by STE. The STE values of IBCs in the two groups were compared and the best cutoff values for diagnosing ALNM determined. Immunohistochemistry was used to detect LOX expression. Collagen fiber and elastic fiber content was determined by Masson and Weigert elastic fiber staining. Correlation analyses were performed to identify the associations of the data. The optimal cutoff values of Emax (maximum stiffness value of the tumor) and Smax (maximum stiffness value of the shell) for predicting ALNM of IBC were 94.58 and 148.78 kPa. Immunohistochemistry and Masson and Weigert elastic fiber staining were performed on 67 samples. LOX expression and collagen volume fraction were significantly higher in the ALNM+ group than in the ALNM- group (p = 0.04 and 0.03), except for elastic fiber content (p = 0.628). Moreover, Emax, Smax and LOX expression were positively correlated with collagen volume fraction (r = 0.624, 0.512, and 0.533, respectively). Emax and Smax were found to be predictors for ALNM of IBC. STE could serve as a non-invasive method for assessing lymph node status before surgery. Overexpression of LOX and increased collagen fiber contributed to the increased stiffness in the lesions and metastases of IBC.
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- Rui Zhao
- Department of Ultrasound, Harbin Medical University Cancer Hospital, Harbin, China
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- Department of Ultrasound, Harbin Medical University Cancer Hospital, Harbin, China
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- Department of Internal Medical Oncology, Harbin Medical University Cancer Hospital, Harbin, China
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- Department of Ultrasound, Harbin Medical University Cancer Hospital, Harbin, China
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- Department of Ultrasound, Harbin Medical University Cancer Hospital, Harbin, China
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- Department of Ultrasound, Harbin Medical University Cancer Hospital, Harbin, China.
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Cui YY, He NA, Ye XJ, Hu L, Xie L, Zhong W, Zhang CX. Evaluation of Tissue Stiffness Around Lesions by Sound Touch Shear Wave Elastography in Breast Malignancy Diagnosis. ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE & BIOLOGY 2022; 48:1672-1680. [PMID: 35672199 DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2022.04.219] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2022] [Revised: 03/09/2022] [Accepted: 04/29/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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The aim of the study described here was to assess the evaluation of tissue stiffness around lesions by sound touch shear wave elastography (STE) in breast malignancy diagnosis. This was an institutional ethics committee-approved, single-center study. A total of 90 women with breast masses examined with conventional ultrasound and STE were eligible for enrollment from December 2020 to July 2021. The maximum and mean elastic values of masses, Emax and Emean, were determined. Shell function was used to measure the maximum and mean elastic values of tissues around masses in annular shells 0.5, 1.0, 1.5 and 2.0 mm wide, recorded as corresponding Emax-shell and Emean-shell. All parameters were analyzed and compared with histopathologic results. Receiver operating characteristic curves were constructed to assess diagnostic performance. Logistic regression analysis was conducted to determine the best diagnostic model. Collagen fiber content of tissues around breast lesions was evaluated using Masson staining and ImageJ software. Ninety women with breast masses were included in this study; 50 had benign (mean diameter 15.84 ± 4.39 mm) and 40 had malignant (mean diameter 17.40 ± 5.42 mm) masses. The diagnostic value of Emax-shell-2.0 was the highest (area under the curve = 0.930) with a sensitivity of 87.5% and specificity of 88%. According to stepwise logistic regression analysis, Emax-shell-2.0 and age were independent predictors of malignancy. Emax-shell-2.0 was also found to be highly correlated with the collagen fiber content of tissue in the malignant group (r = 0.877). Tissue stiffness around lesions measured by STE is a useful metric in identifying malignant breast masses by reflecting collagen fiber content, and Emax-shell-2.0 performs best.
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- Ya-Yun Cui
- Department of Ultrasound, First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China; Department of Ultrasound, First Affiliated Hospital of USTC, Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, China
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- Department of Ultrasound, First Affiliated Hospital of USTC, Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, China
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- Department of Ultrasound, First Affiliated Hospital of USTC, Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, China
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- Department of Ultrasound, First Affiliated Hospital of USTC, Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, China
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- Department of Ultrasound, First Affiliated Hospital of USTC, Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, China
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- Department of Pathology, First Affiliated Hospital of USTC, Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, China
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- Department of Ultrasound, First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China.
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Zhi W, Miao A, You C, Zhou J, Zhang H, Zhu X, Wang Y, Chang C. Differential diagnosis of B-mode ultrasound Breast Imaging Reporting and Data System category 3-4a lesions in conjunction with shear-wave elastography using conservative and aggressive approaches. Quant Imaging Med Surg 2022; 12:3833-3843. [PMID: 35782244 PMCID: PMC9246754 DOI: 10.21037/qims-21-916] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2021] [Accepted: 04/28/2022] [Indexed: 09/19/2023]
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BACKGROUND The high false-positive rates of US Breast Imaging Reporting and Data System (BI-RADS) category 3-4a breast lesions leads to excessive biopsies of many benign lesions, and our aim was to investigate the diagnostic performance achieved by adding a maximum elasticity (Emax) of shear-wave elastography (SWE) to ultrasound (US) to evaluate US BI-RADS category 3-4a breast lesions using conservative and aggressive approaches. We explored the capacity of using this method to avoid unnecessary biopsies without increasing the probability of missing breast cancers. METHODS A total of 123 breast lesions of 120 patients classified as BI-RADS category 3 or 4a were enrolled from January 2019 to December 2019. The US features were evaluated according to the US BI-RADS lexicon. The maximum diameter measured on the US was defined as the size of the lesion. The Emax was assessed by SWE, and the average Emax of breast lesions on two images were calculated and recorded as the final maximum Young's modulus. The diagnostic performance of the combined B-mode US and SWE approach for BI-RADS category 3-4a breast lesions was tested using a conservative approach and an aggressive approach. In the conservative approach, the lesions were downgraded with Emax of 30 kPa or less and upgraded with Emax of 160 kPa or more. In the aggressive approach, the lesions were downgraded with Emax of 80 kPa or less and upgraded with Emax of 160 kPa or more. Pathologic results were defined as the reference standard. RESULTS Among all 123 breast lesions, there were 60 lesions classified as BI-RADS category 3 and 63 lesions classified as BI-RADS category 4a. Compared to the B-mode US, the sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value (PPV), negative predictive value (NPV), accuracy, and area under the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve (AUC) of the combined B-mode US and SWE with a conservative approach changed from 88.9% to 94.4%, 55.2% to 60.0%, 25.4% to 28.8%, 96.7% to 98.4%, 60.2% to 65.0%, and 0.721 to 0.772, respectively. The specificity, PPV, and accuracy of combined B-mode US and SWE with an aggressive approach increased from 55.2% to 72.4%, 25.4% to 29.3%, and 60.2% to 71.5%, respectively, but this was accompanied with decreases in the sensitivity from 88.9% to 66.7%, the NPV from 96.7% to 92.7%, and the AUC from 0.721 to 0.695. CONCLUSIONS The addition of SWE improves the diagnostic performance of breast US. Adding the diagnostic criteria of SWE to the BI-RADS assessment of B-mode US, downgrading the lesions with Emax 30 kPa or less, and upgrading the lesions with Emax 160 kPa or more helped discriminate low suspicion lesions from benign lesions in order to decrease false-positive findings and avoid missing cancer diagnosis.
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- Wenxiang Zhi
- Department of Ultrasonography, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai, China
- Department of Oncology, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Ultrasonography, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai, China
- Department of Oncology, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Oncology, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
- Department of Radiology, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Ultrasonography, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai, China
- Department of Oncology, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Ultrasonography, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai, China
- Department of Oncology, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Oncology, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
- Department of Pathology, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Ultrasonography, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai, China
- Department of Oncology, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Ultrasonography, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai, China
- Department of Oncology, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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Evaluation of Multiparametric Shear Wave Elastography Indices in Malignant and Benign Breast Lesions. Acad Radiol 2022; 29 Suppl 1:S50-S61. [PMID: 34674923 DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2021.09.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2021] [Revised: 09/07/2021] [Accepted: 09/08/2021] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES To evaluate the shear wave elastography indices (multiparametric SWE) of breast lesions based on patient and lesion dependent features and assess the contribution of different elastographic parameters to radiological diagnosis. MATERIALS AND METHODS Effect of patient-dependent (age and menopausal status) and lesion-dependent (distance from the areola, quadrant location, size, depth, margin and shape) factors on SWE parameters (Vmean, Vsd, Vmax, Vmin) in benign breast lesions were assessed. Only mass lesions were included in the study. Sensitivity, specificity, PPV, NPV and cut-off values for each elastography parameter was calculated. RESULTS A total of 496 mass lesions of breast were evaluated. 467 of the lesions were benign and 29 were malignant. There was no significant relationship among SWE indices and age, menopausal status, lesion shape and distance to the areola in benign lesions (p>0.05). SWE indices were found to be associated with lesion margin, depth from the skin, and lesion size in benign lesions (p<0.05). All BI-RADS 3 lesions that underwent biopsy were benign (n:35); 23.5% of 4a lesions were malignant (n:4/17) and all 4b-4c-5 lesions were malignant (n:25/25). The cut-off values for malignant lesions were: Vmean 3.38 m/s, Vsd 0.81, Vmax 6.87 m/s, Vmin 1.53 m/s. All SWE parameters were statistically significant in predicting malignancy on ROC analysis, Vmax was the most sensitive (96.3%) and specific (94.7%) parameter. Cut-off values for Vmax was 6.87 m/s with an accuracy rate of 94.7%, and 3.37 m/s for Vmean and 0.8 for Vsd with 92.5% accuracy. CONCLUSION The SWE parameters to predict malignancy in breast lesions can be affected by lesion dependent features, whereas no significant effect of patient's age or menopausal status on stiffness of the lesions was observed. Vmax had the highest sensitivity for predicting malignancy.
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Yang F, Li QL, Wen HQ, Xie WJ, Shen LS, Luo XW, Zhang YF, Guo RM. Quantification of penile fat infiltration using the mDIXON Quant sequence: a pilot study on the correlation with penis hardness and erectile dysfunction. Br J Radiol 2021; 94:20201400. [PMID: 33882248 DOI: 10.1259/bjr.20201400] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to determine fat/water signal ratios using the mDIXON Quant sequence, quantitatively assess fat infiltration in the penis, and explore its possible relationship with penile hardness and erectile dysfunction. METHODS Routine pelvic MRI with the mDIXON Quant sequence was performed in 62 subjects, including 22 people in the normal group, 20 people in the normal erectile hardness group, and 20 people in the erectile dysfunction (ED) group. The fat/water signal ratio in the penis was measured using the mDIXON Quant sequence. Shear wave elastography was used to evaluate the hardness of the corpus cavernosa of the penis. RESULTS The fat/water signal ratio of the corpus spongiosum was significantly lower than that of the corpus cavernosa in the normal group (p = 0.03) and ED group (p < 0.01). There was no significant difference in the fat/water signal ratios between the normal group and the normal erectile hardness group. Fat infiltration was significantly lower, and erectile hardness was significantly higher in the normal erectile hardness group than in the ED group, and the fat infiltration in the left and right corpus cavernosa was inversely proportional to the erectile hardness of the penis. CONCLUSION This study suggests that mDIXON Quant can be used as a non-invasive, quantitative, and objective method for evaluating penile fat infiltration. This method could help diagnose penile fat infiltration in patients with erectile dysfunction and varying body mass indexes. Our results could also allow for a more accurate diagnosis and monitoring of erectile hardness function by quantitatively measuring penile fat infiltration. ADVANCES IN KNOWLEDGE (1) The proton density fat fraction technology is a new tool for the objective, quantitative and non-invasive evaluation of penile fat infiltration. (2) The quantitative measurement of fat infiltration in the corpora cavernosa might help diagnose and monitor penile erection hardness and its function more accurately.
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- Fei Yang
- Department of Radiology, The Third Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China.,Department of Urology, The Third Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Radiology, The Third Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China.,Department of VIP Medical Center, The Third Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Radiology, The Third Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Operation Room, The Third Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Radiology, The Third Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Radiology, The Third Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Radiology, The Third Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China.,Department of Infectious Disease, The Third Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Radiology, The Third Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China
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Xie X, Zhang Q, Liu S, Ma Y, Liu Y, Xu M, Xu B. Value of quantitative sound touch elastography of tissues around breast lesions in the evaluation of malignancy. Clin Radiol 2020; 76:79.e21-79.e28. [PMID: 32948313 DOI: 10.1016/j.crad.2020.08.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2020] [Accepted: 08/17/2020] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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AIM To assess the value of quantitative analysis of sound touch elastography of tissues around breast lesions to facilitate the evaluation of malignancy of the lesions. MATERIALS AND METHODS With the permission of the Ethics Committee, every patient signed informed consent forms before the study. One hundred and eighty-two solid breast lesions were analysed retrospectively. Postoperative histopathology proved that 63 lesions were malignant and 119 were benign. All lesions were examined by two-dimensional ultrasonography, colour Doppler ultrasonography and ultrasound elastography including sound touch elastography (STE) and strain elastography. Using pathological diagnosis as the reference, the correlation between each ultrasound marker and the malignancy of the solid breast masses was evaluated by chi-square test, and the logistic regression model was constructed to determine the best diagnostic model with multiple markers. RESULTS The areas under the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve (AUCs) of various elastography markers were compared and the markers with the largest AUC values, including quantitative, semi-quantitative, and distance markers were identified. Logistic regression analysis showed that the combination of accuracy of Breast Imaging Reporting and Data System (BI-RADS) classification + age + maximum elasticity value of the tissue around the lesion (EMax_shell) in predicting malignant lesions was higher than that of the other combinations. The prediction model verified that the sensitivity of diagnosis of the mammary lump was 94.12% and the specificity was 84.13%. CONCLUSIONS EMax_shell in the elasticity is the most valuable marker for the diagnosis of breast cancer, and age combined with EMax_shell can effectively improve the diagnostic efficacy of the BI-RADS classification in breast cancer.
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- X Xie
- Department of Medical Ultrasound, Changzhou First People's Hospital and The Third Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Changzhou, 213003, China
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- Department of Medical Ultrasound, Changzhou First People's Hospital and The Third Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Changzhou, 213003, China
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- Department of Medical Ultrasound, Changzhou First People's Hospital and The Third Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Changzhou, 213003, China
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- Department of Medical Ultrasound, Changzhou First People's Hospital and The Third Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Changzhou, 213003, China
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- Department of Medical Ultrasound, Changzhou First People's Hospital and The Third Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Changzhou, 213003, China
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- Department of Echocardiography, Changzhou First People's Hospital and The Third Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Changzhou, 213000, China.
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- Department of Tumour Biotherapy, Changzhou First People's Hospital and The Third Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Changzhou, 213000, China
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Sezgin G, Coskun M, Apaydin M, Akder Sari A. The role of rare breast cancers in the false negative strain elastography results. Radiol Med 2020; 126:349-355. [PMID: 32894448 DOI: 10.1007/s11547-020-01270-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2020] [Accepted: 08/23/2020] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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PURPOSE Elastography was primarily used as an adjunctive method along with ultrasonography in differentiation between benign from malignant lesions. Occasionally, overlaps can occur which are caused by some rare invasive breast cancers. Our aim is to analyze the role of rare breast cancers in false negative strain elastography results and to assess the relation among false negative results and tumor size, lesion distance to skin, and tumor grade. METHODS Patients with BI-RADS 5 category underwent strain elastography and core biopsy. All those with confirmed invasive breast cancer were included. For each rare breast cancer, four usual invasive breast cancer cases were taken as a control group. The cut-off value of strain ratio was considered as 2.3. The true positive and the false negative groups were compared in terms of histological type (rare carcinomas and the others) and the other parameters. Pearson Chi-square and Fisher's exact test were used for statistical analyses. P values < 0.05 were considered statistically significant. RESULTS One hundred-thirteen patients were defined as true positive (70.6%), and 47 patients were defined as false negative (29.4%). Strain ratio values of the rare breast cancers were significantly lower than those of the other breast cancers (p = 0.012). There was no statistically significant difference between the groups with respect to tumor size, distance to skin, and tumor grade (p > 0.05). CONCLUSION The rare breast cancers are an important cause of false negativity in elastographic evaluation of invasive breast cancers. The results should be interpreted in combination with grayscale US findings.
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- Gulten Sezgin
- Department of Radiology, Izmir Katip Celebi University Ataturk Training and Research Hospital, Basin Sitesi Mah. Hasan Tahsin Cad No: 143, Karabaglar, 35150, Izmir, Turkey.
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- Department of Radiology, Izmir Katip Celebi University Ataturk Training and Research Hospital, Basin Sitesi Mah. Hasan Tahsin Cad No: 143, Karabaglar, 35150, Izmir, Turkey
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- Department of Radiology, Izmir Katip Celebi University Ataturk Training and Research Hospital, Basin Sitesi Mah. Hasan Tahsin Cad No: 143, Karabaglar, 35150, Izmir, Turkey
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- Department of Pathology, Izmir Katip Celebi University Faculty of Medicine, 35150, Izmir, Turkey
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Uchimura K, Yamasaki K, Sasada S, Hara S, Ikushima I, Chiba Y, Tachiwada T, Kawanami T, Yatera K. Quantitative analysis of endobronchial ultrasound elastography in computed tomography-negative mediastinal and hilar lymph nodes. Thorac Cancer 2020; 11:2590-2599. [PMID: 32691537 PMCID: PMC7471032 DOI: 10.1111/1759-7714.13579] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2020] [Revised: 06/30/2020] [Accepted: 06/30/2020] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Background Endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS) elastography assists in the differentiation of benign and malignant lymph nodes (LNs) during transbronchial needle aspiration (TBNA). However, previous studies have not compared B‐mode sonographic images (BSIs) and EBUS elastography images (EEIs) with final pathological diagnoses in radiologically normal‐sized (computed tomography [CT]‐negative) LNs. Methods Consecutive patients with CT‐negative LNs, who received EBUS‐TBNA, were retrospectively reviewed. Images of BSIs and EEIs of each LN were stored and independently evaluated. EEIs were assessed by calculating the stiffness area ratio (SAR, blue/overall areas). The receiver operating characteristic curve was used to calculate the cutoff value for the SAR. Diagnostic test parameters were evaluated for each EBUS finding. Results A total of 132 patients (149 LNs) were enrolled, and the median SAR of malignant LNs was significantly higher than that of benign LNs (0.58 vs. 0.32, P < 0.001). At the SAR cutoff of 0.41, the sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, negative predictive value (NPV), and diagnostic accuracy rate (DAR) of elastography were 88.2%, 80.2%, 78.9%, 89.0%, and 83.9%, respectively. The logistic regression analysis showed that elastography was the strongest predictor of malignancy (odds ratio, 18.5; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 6.48–52.6; P < 0.001). The highest NPV (96.6%) was achieved with a combination of BSIs and EEIs. Conclusions EBUS elastography predicted malignant LNs with a high DAR and NPV in CT‐negative LNs. The NPV was highest when EEIs were combined with BSIs. Therefore, the combined evaluation of CT‐negative LNs using EEIs and BSIs may help bronchoscopists perform EBUS‐TBNA more efficiently. Key points Significant findings of the study Endobronchial ultrasound elastography accurately predicted malignancy with a high diagnostic accuracy rate and negative predictive value in radiologically normal‐sized lymph nodes. The additional use of B‐mode sonographic features resulted in a higher negative predictive value. What this study adds Endobronchial ultrasound elastography can guide the accurate collection of specimens with transbronchial needle aspiration, even in radiologically normal‐sized lymph nodes. It can also readily distinguish benign and malignant lymph nodes, thus avoiding unnecessary punctures.
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- Keigo Uchimura
- Department of Respiratory Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Tokyo Saiseikai Central Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Fukuoka, Japan
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Histopathology and elastography discordance in evaluation of breast lesions with acoustic radiation force impulse elastography. Pol J Radiol 2019; 84:e224-e233. [PMID: 31481994 PMCID: PMC6717941 DOI: 10.5114/pjr.2019.86852] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2019] [Accepted: 05/14/2019] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Purpose It is known that, besides its benefits, ultrasound (US) elastography may show discordance findings, leading to biopsy, so this technique has some limitations. The purpose of the present study was to compare histopathological results and shear wave velocity (SWV) values in patients, to reveal discordance findings, and to investigate its statistical significance in making the decision for biopsy with SWV values. Material and methods A total of 190 patients presenting with breast lesions were included in the study. The mean age of the patients was 39.87 ± 13.56 years. All morphological features of lesions were evaluated by B-mode US. The mean SWV values were measured using the region of interest (ROI) through all lesions with ARFI elastography. An ultrasound-guided Tru-Cut needle biopsy was performed, and histopathologic data were obtained. Results The SWV values of false positive benign lesions, such as: granulomatous mastitis, sclerosing adenosis, chronic inflammation, fat necrosis, fibrotic breast tissue, and scar tissue, were as high as the SWV values of malignant lesions. Sensitivity was found as 91.6% and specificity as 40.9% for SWV values in ARFI US. Conclusions Our results showed that breast lesions showed false positivity (59.1%) and false negativity (8.3%) in ARFI US. Elastography is useful and sensitive in the evaluation of breast lesions, but some benign lesions may mimic malignant lesions; thus, this information should not be underestimated in biopsy decision-making for elastography users.
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