Shear wave elastography as a quantitative method for thyroid gland elasticity assessment in pediatrics patients with autoimmune-related thyroid disease, diagnostic utility and laboratory correlation

Shear wave elastography as a quantitative method for thyroid gland elasticity assessment in pediatrics patients with autoimmune-related thyroid disease, diagnostic utility and laboratory correlation

Abstract Background Autoimmune thyroiditis (AIT) is the most common thyroid pathology in pediatric patients among which Hashimoto’s thyroiditis has the highest prevalence. Along with size, measuring mechano-acoustic tissue elasticity is evolving as an important parameter in the evaluation of diffuse...

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Main Authors: Sara Mahmoud Kamel, Khaled Mohamed ElKhashab, Suchi Bhagat, Wessam Abdelrahman Elzayat
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2022-08-01
Series:The Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine
Subjects:
Shear wave elastography
Autoimmune thyroid disease
Hashimoto’s thyroiditis
Elasticity
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s43055-022-00882-1

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