Sonographic Characteristics of Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma with Coexistent Hashimoto's Thyroiditis: Conventional Ultrasound, Acoustic Radiation Force Impulse Imaging and Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound

Our objective was to provide the various sonographic characteristics of papillary thyroid carcinomas for Hashimoto's thyroiditis (HT) patients, including conventional ultrasound (US), acoustic radiation force impulse Virtual Touch imaging and quantification (ARFI-VTIQ) and contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS). Sixty-nine HT patients with 85 thyroid nodules (TNs) (49 malignant and 36 benign) were enrolled in this study. We evaluated the size, shape, margin, echogenicity, presence of halo, calcification, vascularity and ARFI-VTIQ and CEUS parameters for each nodule and compared the findings with the reference standards of histopathological and/or cytologic results.
Source: Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology - Category: Radiology Authors: Tags: Original Contribution Source Type: research