Abstract:Objective: To investigate the diagnostic value of fine needle aspiration biopsy of thyroid nodules guided by conventional ultrasound and elastography for C-TI-RADS4 nodules.Methods:A total of 141 patients with 141 nodules who had undergone surgical resection of thyroid nodules from June 2019 to December 2021 at our hospital were retrospectively analyzed, and all nodules were classified as C-TI-RADS4. All nodules were subjected to conventional ultrasound and elastography strain-rate ratio-guided fine needle aspiration biopsy of the thyroid gland (US-FNAB, E-US-FNAB) to obtain cytopathological results, which were eventually compared with postoperative histopathological results to analyze the diagnostic value of conventional ultrasound and elastography-guided fine needle aspiration biopsy of thyroid nodules for C-TI-RADS4 category nodules.Results: For 141 C-TI-RADS4 category thyroid nodules, the sensitivity, specificity, accuracy, positive and negative predictive values of conventional ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration biopsy of thyroid nodules were 86.5%, 86.7%, 86.5%, 96%, and 63.4%, respectively; the sensitivity, specificity, accuracy, positive and negative predictive values of elastography-guided fine-needle aspiration biopsy of thyroid nodules were 96.4%, 86.7%, 94.3%, 96.4%, and 86.7%, respectively. The differences between the sensitivity, accuracy and negative predictive values were statistically significant (χ2=6.964, χ2=4.956, χ2=4.779, P<0.05); the differences between the specificity and positive predictive values of the two diagnoses were not statistically significant (χ2=0.000, χ2=0.000, P>0.05).Conclusion: Ultrasound elastography guided fine needle aspiration biopsy of thyroid nodule has certain clinical value in the diagnosis of C-TI-RADS4 nodule.
丁华杰, 那磊, 龚雪, 李莎, 史华宁. 常规超声及弹性成像引导下甲状腺结节细针穿刺活检对C-TI-RADS4类结节的诊断价值[J]. 河北医学, 2023, 29(5): 782-785.
DING Huajie, NA Lei, GONG Xue, et al. Diagnostic Value of Fine Needle Aspiration Biopsy of Thyroid Nodules Guided by Conventional Ultrasound and Elastography for C-TI-RADS4 Nodules. HeBei Med, 2023, 29(5): 782-785.