Clinical Importance of Diastolic Sonoelastographic Scoring in the Management of Thyroid Nodules

Yerli H., Yilmaz T., ÖZTOP İ.

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF NEURORADIOLOGY, cilt.34, sa.3, 2013 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 34 Sayı: 3
  • Basım Tarihi: 2013
  • Doi Numarası: 10.3174/ajnr.a2751
  • Dergi Adı: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF NEURORADIOLOGY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

We determined that the application of a 5-point scoring method by using an external manual compression method synchronized with the diastolic period of the carotid artery by sonoelastography was helpful in the management of thyroid nodules. The mean scores on sonoelastography were 2.74 +/- 0.97 for 62 benign nodules and 3.90 +/- 0.88 for 10 malignant nodules (P < .01). Eighty-seven percent of benign nodules were determined when a cutoff point between scores 3 and 4 was used.