Use of Shear Wave Elastography in the Sonographic Triage of Thyroid Nodules: Feasibility Study in a Series of Lesions Already Selected for Fine Needle Aspiration.

Davide IppolitoStefania GalimbertiDavide LeniFrancesco VacircaAhmed NasrNicola Luigi BragazziSara SpigaValentina SchiavoneAngela Ida PincelliMattia GaranciniBiagio Eugenio LeoneFabio Pagni

Published in: Journal of ultrasound in medicine : official journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (2018)

SWE allows the identification of nodules within normal parenchyma; however, the present study does not confirm the potential role in differentiating between benign and malignant thyroid nodules.

Keyphrases

fine needle aspiration
ultrasound guided
emergency department
computed tomography
contrast enhanced
magnetic resonance