SONOGRAPHIC FOLLOW-UP OF PATIENTS WITH DIFFERENTIATED THYROID CARCINOMA: A COMPARISON OF THE ULTRASOUND ELASTOGRAPHY, POWER DOPPLER ULTRASOUND, AND B-MODE ULTRASOUND FEATURES IN DETECTING MALIGNANT LYMPH NODES

Aydogan B. I., ÜNLÜTÜRK U., Ates F. S. O., Erdogan M. F.

ENDOCRINE PRACTICE, vol.25, no.10, pp.1049-1055, 2019 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 25 Issue: 10
  • Publication Date: 2019
  • Doi Number: 10.4158/ep-2018-0567
  • Journal Name: ENDOCRINE PRACTICE
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.1049-1055
  • Hacettepe University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Objective: The aim of this study was to assess and compare the diagnostic power of B-mode ultrasonography (US), power Doppler US (PD), and ultrasound elastography (USE) in detecting malignant lymph nodes (LNs) during follow-up of patients who were operated on for differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC).