Real-time US elastography in the differentiation of suspicious microcalcifications on mammography

Real-time US elastography in the differentiation of suspicious microcalcifications on mammography
Nariya Cho, Woo Kyung Moon, Jeong-Seon Park
Eur Radiol (2009) 19: 1621–1628

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When a cutoff point between elasticity scores of 1 and 2 was used, US elastography showed 97% (34/35) sensitivity, 62% (26/42) specificity, 68% (34/50) PPV, and 96% (26/27) NPV with an Az value of 0.852 (0.753–0.923, 95% confidence interval) in the differentiation of benign and malignant microcalcifications. Our results suggest that US elastography has the potential to differentiate benign and malignant lesions associated with microcalcifications detected at screening mammography