Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Persons with CAH may be at increased risk of developing adrenal myelolipomas, particularly if their CAH is poorly controlled. Adrenal masses can be detected by ultrasound with high sensitivity and specificity. Contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) may be a useful method in the diagnostic work-up of adrenal mass with excellent sensitivity for the diagnosis of malignancy. However, ultrasound is not included in the diagnostic algorithm of patients with CAH.<p class=...

Objective: Acoustic radiation force impulse (ARFI)-imaging is a novel ultrasound-based elastography method enabling quantitative measurement of tissue stiffness. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the feasibility of ARFI-measurements in the thyroid tissue.Materials and methods: ARFI-imaging involves the mechanical excitation of tissue using short-duration acoustic pulses to generate localized displacements in tissue. The displacements result in...

Objective: Acoustic Radiation Force Impulse (ARFI)-Imaging is a novel ultrasound-based elastography method enabling quantitative measurement of tissue stiffness. The aim of the present study was to evaluate ARFI for the differentiation of thyroid nodules and to compare it with the well known qualitative Realtime-Elastography (RTE)Materials and Methods: ARFI-imaging involves the mechanical excitation of tissue using short-duration acoustic pulses to gener...