Gulen Burakgazi, Gul Ilhan, Oguzhan Ozcan, Emre Dirican
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US-SWE measurements of thyroid gland parenchyma and biochemical parameters of the participants were obtained and compared, and the diagnostic accuracy of elasticity was determined.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The thyroid volume was smaller in patients with SCA than that in controls (<i>P</i> = 0.001). Compared with the controls, the patients with SCA had significantly lower serum levels of free triiodothyronine (fT3) (<i>P</i> = 0.004) and thyroglobulin (Tg) (<i>P</i> = 0.001) and significantly higher levels of thyroid-stimulating hormone (<i>P</i> = 0.028). Thyroid stiffness was significantly higher in the left lobe (LL) of the patients with SCA than in the controls (<i>P</i> = 0.003). In the patients with SCA, we found a significant correlation between right lobe (RL) and LL stiffness and serum levels of Tg (RL [<i>r</i> = -0.439] and LL [<i>r</i> = -0.484]; <i>P</i> = 0.021) and fT3 (RL [<i>r</i> = -0.463] and LL [<i>r</i> = -0.386]; <i>P</i> = 0.012). Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis of thyroid elasticity that represented a diagnosis of SCA found a cutoff of >7.31 kPa, a sensitivity of 52.0%, and a specificity of 72.0% for the RL (<i>P</i> = 0.316, area under the curve [AUC] 0.570), and a cutoff of >8.06 kPa, a sensitivity of 58.0%, and a specificity of 84.0% for the LL (<i>P</i> = 0.011, AUC 0.680).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>US-SWE can be used to follow up thyroid changes in patients with SCA.</p>","PeriodicalId":8501,"journal":{"name":"Asian Biomedicine","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.4000,"publicationDate":"2022-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10321170/pdf/","citationCount":"0","resultStr":"{\"title\":\"Ultrasonographic shear wave elastography of the thyroid in patients with sickle cell anemia.\",\"authors\":\"Gulen Burakgazi, Gul Ilhan, Oguzhan Ozcan, Emre Dirican\",\"doi\":\"10.2478/abm-2022-0017\",\"DOIUrl\":null,\"url\":null,\"abstract\":\"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Although thyroid radiology has been conducted in patients with sickle cell anemia (SCA), to our knowledge, there is no report of thyroid gland assessment using ultrasonographic shear wave elastography (US-SWE).</p><p><strong>Objectives: </strong>To determine values for ultrasonographic US-SWE of the thyroid in patients with SCA and correlations between thyroid elasticity and biochemical variables used to evaluate thyroid function.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Prospective case-control observational study of 36 patients with SCA and 33 healthy volunteer controls. 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Ultrasonographic shear wave elastography of the thyroid in patients with sickle cell anemia.
Background: Although thyroid radiology has been conducted in patients with sickle cell anemia (SCA), to our knowledge, there is no report of thyroid gland assessment using ultrasonographic shear wave elastography (US-SWE).
Objectives: To determine values for ultrasonographic US-SWE of the thyroid in patients with SCA and correlations between thyroid elasticity and biochemical variables used to evaluate thyroid function.
Methods: Prospective case-control observational study of 36 patients with SCA and 33 healthy volunteer controls. US-SWE measurements of thyroid gland parenchyma and biochemical parameters of the participants were obtained and compared, and the diagnostic accuracy of elasticity was determined.
Results: The thyroid volume was smaller in patients with SCA than that in controls (P = 0.001). Compared with the controls, the patients with SCA had significantly lower serum levels of free triiodothyronine (fT3) (P = 0.004) and thyroglobulin (Tg) (P = 0.001) and significantly higher levels of thyroid-stimulating hormone (P = 0.028). Thyroid stiffness was significantly higher in the left lobe (LL) of the patients with SCA than in the controls (P = 0.003). In the patients with SCA, we found a significant correlation between right lobe (RL) and LL stiffness and serum levels of Tg (RL [r = -0.439] and LL [r = -0.484]; P = 0.021) and fT3 (RL [r = -0.463] and LL [r = -0.386]; P = 0.012). Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis of thyroid elasticity that represented a diagnosis of SCA found a cutoff of >7.31 kPa, a sensitivity of 52.0%, and a specificity of 72.0% for the RL (P = 0.316, area under the curve [AUC] 0.570), and a cutoff of >8.06 kPa, a sensitivity of 58.0%, and a specificity of 84.0% for the LL (P = 0.011, AUC 0.680).
Conclusions: US-SWE can be used to follow up thyroid changes in patients with SCA.
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Asian Biomedicine: Research, Reviews and News (ISSN 1905-7415 print; 1875-855X online) is published in one volume (of 6 bimonthly issues) a year since 2007. [...]Asian Biomedicine is an international, general medical and biomedical journal that aims to publish original peer-reviewed contributions dealing with various topics in the biomedical and health sciences from basic experimental to clinical aspects. The work and authorship must be strongly affiliated with a country in Asia, or with specific importance and relevance to the Asian region. The Journal will publish reviews, original experimental studies, observational studies, technical and clinical (case) reports, practice guidelines, historical perspectives of Asian biomedicine, clinicopathological conferences, and commentaries
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