Real-Time Elastography for Distinguishing Angiomyolipoma From Renal Cell Carcinoma: Preliminary Observations

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OBJECTIVE. The objective of this study was to determine the diagnostic performance of sonoelastography for differentiating angiomyolipomas from renal cell carcinomas. SUBJECTS AND METHODS. Twenty-eight angiomyolipomas and 19 renal cell carcinomas were prospectively examined with real-time elastography. Lesions were classified according to four elastographic patterns on the basis of the distribution of the blue area (representing no strain and hardest tissue component). The elasticity patterns and the strain ratios of the angiomyolipomas and renal cell carcinomas were evaluated independently by two observers. Diagnostic performance and interobserver agreement were analyzed. RESULTS. All angiomyolipomas were classified as having a high-strain elastographic pattern (blue areas in < 50% of lesion, considered type 1 or type 2) by both radiologists, whereas 18 of 19 renal cell carcinomas were classified as having a low-strain elastographic pattern (blue areas in ≥ 50% of lesion, considered type 3 or 4) by both ...

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