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| Title |
Sonoelastography for differential diagnosis between malignant and benign parotid lesions: a meta-analysis
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| Published in |
European Radiology, July 2018
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| DOI | 10.1007/s00330-018-5609-6 |
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| Authors |
Yun-Fei Zhang, Hong Li, Xue-Mei Wang, Yun-Fei Cai |
| Abstract |
To assess the performance of sonoelastography for differential diagnosis between malignant and benign parotid lesions using a meta-analysis. An independent literature search of English medical databases, such as PubMed, Embase and Medline ( Embase.com ), Web of Science, Cochrane Library and Ovid was performed. The diagnostic accuracy of sonoelastography was compared with that of histopathology and/or cytology, which was used as reference standard. The pooled sensitivity, specificity, diagnostic odds ratio (DOR) and area under the curve (AUC) were calculated to evaluate the accuracy of sonoelastography. A meta-regression analysis evaluating imaging mechanisms, shear wave elastography techniques, assessment methods and QUADAS scores was performed. Ten eligible studies that included a total sample of 711 patients with 725 parotid lesions were included. Sonoelastography showed a pooled sensitivity of 0.67 (95% CI 0.59-0.74), specificity of 0.64 (95% CI 0.60-0.68), DOR of 8.00 (95% CI 2.96-21.63) and an AUC of 0.77. The results of the meta-regression analysis revealed that no heterogeneity was due to the imaging mechanism (p = 0.119), shear wave elastography technique (p = 0.473) or QUADAS score (p = 0.462). However, the assessment method was a significant factor that affected the study heterogeneity (p = 0.035). According to the subgroup analysis, quantitative and semiquantitative methods performed better than qualitative ones. Overall, sonoelastography has a limited value for differential diagnosis between malignant and benign parotid lesions. Quantitative and semiquantitative methods perform better than qualitative ones. • Overall, sonoelastography has a limited value for differential diagnosis between malignant and benign parotid lesions. • Quantitative and semiquantitative assessment methods perform better than qualitative ones. • Semiquantitative and quantitative methods are automatically calculated by an ultrasound machine and are thus less operator-dependent. |
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| Country | Count | As % |
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| United Kingdom | 1 | 50% |
| Unknown | 1 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
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| Members of the public | 2 | 100% |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
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| Unknown | 16 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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| Student > Doctoral Student | 3 | 19% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 2 | 13% |
| Researcher | 2 | 13% |
| Student > Master | 2 | 13% |
| Student > Bachelor | 1 | 6% |
| Other | 1 | 6% |
| Unknown | 5 | 31% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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| Medicine and Dentistry | 7 | 44% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 1 | 6% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 1 | 6% |
| Psychology | 1 | 6% |
| Sports and Recreations | 1 | 6% |
| Other | 2 | 13% |
| Unknown | 3 | 19% |
Attention Score in Context
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