Role of Contrast-enhanced Ultrasound in Distinguishing between Benign and Malignant Thyroid Nodules with Calcification.
10.3881/j.issn.1000-503X.13845
- Author:
Zhen-Fang WANG
1
;
Jing SHANG
1
;
Yuan ZHU
1
;
Bo LIU
1
Author Information
1. Department of Diagnostic Ultrasound,Shaanxi Provincial People's Hospital,Xi'an 710068,China.
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
calcification;
contrast-enhanced ultrasound;
diagnosis;
thyroid solid nodules
- MeSH:
Calcinosis/diagnostic imaging*;
Contrast Media;
Diagnosis, Differential;
Humans;
Sensitivity and Specificity;
Thyroid Neoplasms;
Thyroid Nodule/diagnostic imaging*;
Ultrasonography
- From:
Acta Academiae Medicinae Sinicae
2021;43(6):905-910
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To explore the roles of conventional ultrasound and contrast-enhanced ultrasound in distinguishing between benign and malignant thyroid nodules with calcification. Methods A total of 102 solid thyroid nodules with calcification in 76 patients were evaluated by conventional ultrasound alone and conventional ultrasound combined with contrast-enhanced ultrasound.The features obtained through conventional ultrasound alone and that combined with contrast-enhanced ultrasound were scored,and the diagnostic performance of the two methods was analyzed based on the final pathological results. Results The distribution of microcalcification(
