Lung transthoracic ultrasound elastography imaging and guided biopsies of subpleural cancer: a preliminary report.

CONCLUSION: Since only squamous cell lung carcinoma displays the feature of significantly reduced elasticity, and since no clear-cut diagnostic key is yet available, the clinical usefulness of TUS elastography is currently limited with a view to characterizing tumors. Nevertheless, it does enable good non-invasive imaging of lung nodules, providing information on their stiffness, and can improve the accuracy and yield of FNAB. PMID: 24951615 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Acta Radiologica - Category: Radiology Authors: Tags: Acta Radiol Source Type: research