%0 Journal Article %T Value of Ultrasound Elastography in Assessment of Enlarged Cervical Lymph Nodes %J Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention %I West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), APOCP's West Asia Chapter. %Z 1513-7368 %D 2012 %\ 05/01/2012 %V 13 %N 5 %P 2081-2085 %! Value of Ultrasound Elastography in Assessment of Enlarged Cervical Lymph Nodes %K Ultrasound %K Elastography %K strain ratio %K lymph node %K Differential diagnosis %R %X Background: To investigate the value of ultrasound elastography (UE) in the differentiation between benignand malignant enlarged cervical lymph nodes (LNs). Methods: B-mode ultrasound, power Doppler imaging andUE were examined to determine LN characteristics. Two kinds of methods, 4 scores of elastographic classificationand a strain ratio (SR) were used to evaluate the ultrasound elastograms. Results: The cutoff point of SR hadhigh utility in differential diagnosis of benign and malignant of cervical lymph nodes, with good sensitivity,specificity and accuracy. Conclusion: UE is an important aid in differential diagnosis of benign and malignantcervical LNs. %U https://journal.waocp.org/article_26435_82a579014c38ba7eeed1d3ea58883eb7.pdf