Importance of Sonoelastography in Assessing Non- Thyroid Neck Masses

The diagnostic importance of evaluation of solid breast masses by sonoelastography.

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to determine whether the use of a scoring method by sonoelastography in solid breast masses is helpful in differentiating benign and malignant lesions. MATERIAL AND METHODS One hundred and eighty solid breast masses in 155 patients (147 benign, 33 malignant) were prospectively evaluated in a two-year period. For each lesion, B-mode sonography and sonoelasto...

Efficacy of Sonoelastography in Distinguishing Benign from Malignant Breast Masses.

OBJECTIVE The study aimed to evaluate the influence of sonoelastographic strain ratio in distinguishing benign from malignant breast masses. MATERIALS AND METHODS Patients who were referred for diagnostic biopsy of a breast mass were examined by ultrasound and sonoelastography prior to percutaneous biopsy. Sonoelastography was performed twice by the same observer in the same session. The stra...

Audit: Assessing the use of liquid-based cytology in fine- needle aspiration biopsies of the thyroid gland and neck masses

Ectopic thyroid papillary carcinoma presenting as bilateral neck masses.

Ectopic thyroid papillary carcinoma presenting as bilateral neck lymph nodes metastasis is very rare. We report a 42-year-old male with midline submental ectopic thyroid papillary carcinoma presenting as bilateral progressively growing neck masses for 3 months. A right neck mass excisional biopsy was carried out and the pathology revealed metastatic papillary carcinoma. Total thyroidectomy, sub...

Personal experiences in ultrasonography and sonoelastography of thyroid gland

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