Endocrine Abstracts

Purpose: To study the possibilities of sonoelastography (SEG) in the diagnosis of thyroid tumors. Materials and methods: in 123 patients (27 with papillary thyroid cancer, 45 with thyroid adenomas, and 51 with colloid goiter), different versions of SEG were used at the preoperative stage: compression sonoelastography (CEG) and point shear wave elastography (ARFI). Together with the staining assessment, quantitative parameters were determined: the speed of the transverse wave (...