Combination of Maximum Shear Wave Elasticity Modulus and TIRADS Improves the Diagnostic Specificity in Characterizing Thyroid Nodules: A Retrospective Study

Table 6

Pathological distribution of 298 thyroid nodules based on scores.

	values				Total
	< 45 kPa (1 point)	45 kPa ≤  < 69 kPa (2 points)	69 kPa ≤  < 120 kPa (3 points)	≥ 120 kPa (4 points)
Benign	65	38	15	3	121
Malignant	26	61	71	19	177
Malignancy rate (%)	28.6	61.6	82.6	86.4	298