Ultrasound Real-Time Tissue Elastography Improves the Diagnostic Performance of the ACR Thyroid Imaging Reporting and Data System in Differentiating Malignant from Benign Thyroid Nodules: A Summary of 1525 Thyroid Nodules

<div>Images in a 42-year-old woman who underwent routine check-up. A 6 mm left thyroid nodule with hypoechogenicity, solid, irregular margins, wider-than-tall, and no calcification was found by conventional US and assessed as a benign nodule. A score of 3 was assigned at elastography. The TI-RADS category was assigned as 4. This thyroid nodule was diagnosed as papillary thyroid carcinoma at surgery.</div>

International Journal of Endocrinology

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Figure 4: Ultrasound Real-Time Tissue Elastography Improves the Diagnostic Performance of the ACR Thyroid Imaging Reporting and Data System in Differentiating Malignant from Benign Thyroid Nodules: A Summary of 1525 Thyroid Nodules 

Figure 4 | Ultrasound Real-Time Tissue Elastography Improves the Diagnostic Performance of the ACR Thyroid Imaging Reporting and Data System in Differentiating Malignant from Benign Thyroid Nodules: A Summary of 1525 Thyroid Nodules 