Endocrine Abstracts

Our study assesses the diagnostic performance of 2D shear-wave elastography plane-wave ultrasound (2D-SWE PLUS) in detecting thyroid cancer. Using conventional ultrasound (2B-mode) and 2D-SWE PLUS with SuperSonic Mach30 equipment, 270 thyroid nodules were assessed (Supersonic Imagine, France). In every instance, the outcomes and the pathology reports were compared. 69 (or 25.5%) of the 270 nodules were malignant. 2D-SWE PLUS parameters demonstrated great diagnostic accuracy. The best parameter for the 2D-SWE PLUS was the mean elasticity index (AUROC 0.912); with a cut-off value of 30 kPa, it accurately predicted thyroid cancer with a sensitivity of 83% and a specificity of 98%.