Opening book details…
Can I read Real-Time Qualitative Ultrasound Elastography of Miscellaneous Non-Nodal Neck Masses: Applications and Limitations on EtoBox?
Real-Time Qualitative Ultrasound Elastography of Miscellaneous Non-Nodal Neck Masses: Applications and Limitations by Kunwar S.S. Bhatia; Darshana D. Rasalkar; Yim-Ping Lee; Ka-Tak Wong; Ann D. King; Yuen-Hok Yuen; Anil T. Ahuja is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.
What is Real-Time Qualitative Ultrasound Elastography of Miscellaneous Non-Nodal Neck Masses: Applications and Limitations about?
To evaluate real-time qualitative ultrasound elastography as an adjunct to conventional sonography for evaluation of non-nodal neck masses identified in routine clinical practice, 52 consecutive masses in 49 patients underwent both techniques. Lesion stiffness was graded visually on chromatic-scale elastograms from ES0-3 (low to high). Diagnosis was based on (cyto)pathology ( 11), corroborative cross-sectional imaging (18) or characteristic conventional sonography (23). There were 16 lipomas, 15 lymphatic/venous vascular malformations (LVVMs), six neurogenic tumours/neuromas, five thyroglossal duct cysts (TGCs), five (epi)dermoids, three abscesses, one second-arch branchial cleft cyst (BCC), and one soft-tissue metastasis. In general terms, lesion stiffness was high (ES2-3) for neurogenic tumours/neuromas, (epi)dermoids and metastasis, and low (ES0-1) for lipomas, LVVM, TGCs and BCC. Abscesses displayed variable stiffness according to fluid content. Technical limitations and artefacts of elastograms were identified. Data from real-time qualitative ultrasound elastography may be a useful adjunct to sonography for diagnosis of non-nodal neck masses
Who reads Real-Time Qualitative Ultrasound Elastography of Miscellaneous Non-Nodal Neck Masses: Applications and Limitations?
It is typically read by researchers, students, and practitioners in Medicine.
- Author
- Kunwar S.S. Bhatia; Darshana D. Rasalkar; Yim-Ping Lee; Ka-Tak Wong; Ann D. King; Yuen-Hok Yuen; Anil T. Ahuja
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science; Elsevier ; Elsevier BV (ISSN 0301-5629)
- Published
- 2010
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Medicine (Health Sciences)