López-Jornet Pia1,2, Berna Mestre Juan3, Pina Frank4, Aniorte Alegria Angela2, Gálvez Jose4, Berna Serna Juan de Dios3. 1. Instituto Murciano de Investigación Biosanitaria (IMIB-Arrixaca-UMU), Hospital Clínico Universitario Virgen de la Arrixaca, Murcia, Spain. 2. Oral Medicine Hospital General Universitario JM Morales Meseguer University Murcia, Murcia, Spain. 3. Department of Radiology, Virgen de la Arrixaca University Hospital, El Palmar (Murcia), Spain University Murcia, Murcia, Spain. 4. Rheumatology Unit, Hospital General Universitario JM Morales Meseguer, Murcia, Spain.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: A new sonoelastography technique - virtual touch tissue quantification of acoustic radiation force impulses (ARFI) - offers a promising method for measuring tissue rigidity. The aim of this study was to assess the usefulness of ARFI for diagnosing Sjögren's syndrome (SS). METHODS: This transversal prospective study included 41 patients with SS according to American-European Consensus Group (AECG) criteria, and a control group without symptoms. All subjects underwent ARFI high-resolution ultrasound assessment of the parotid glands (PG) and submandibular glands (SMG). RESULTS: In patients with SS, parotid gland shear wave velocity (SWV) was 2.08 m/s ± 0.55, significantly higher than in control subjects (1.2 m/s ± 0.17) (P = 0.0001); submandibular gland SWV was higher in SS patients (2.12 m/s ± 0.44) than control subjects (1.56 m/s ± 0.16) (P = 0.001). CONCLUSIONS: Acoustic radiation force impulses sonoelastography can assist diagnosis of SS, and is a non-invasive and fast method of detecting pathological changes to the parotid and submandibular glands.
OBJECTIVE: A new sonoelastography technique - virtual touch tissue quantification of acoustic radiation force impulses (ARFI) - offers a promising method for measuring tissue rigidity. The aim of this study was to assess the usefulness of ARFI for diagnosing Sjögren's syndrome (SS). METHODS: This transversal prospective study included 41 patients with SS according to American-European Consensus Group (AECG) criteria, and a control group without symptoms. All subjects underwent ARFI high-resolution ultrasound assessment of the parotid glands (PG) and submandibular glands (SMG). RESULTS: In patients with SS, parotid gland shear wave velocity (SWV) was 2.08 m/s ± 0.55, significantly higher than in control subjects (1.2 m/s ± 0.17) (P = 0.0001); submandibular gland SWV was higher in SS patients (2.12 m/s ± 0.44) than control subjects (1.56 m/s ± 0.16) (P = 0.001). CONCLUSIONS: Acoustic radiation force impulses sonoelastography can assist diagnosis of SS, and is a non-invasive and fast method of detecting pathological changes to the parotid and submandibular glands.
Authors: Mohamed A Bedewi; Ayman A Elsifey; Elbagir Mohammed Nassir; Hala Mohamed Elgazzar; Abdullah Fahad Alfawaz; Ramadan S Hussein; Karim Moawad; Abdelmohsen Mohamed Bediwy; Sherine Mohamed Swify Journal: J Int Med Res Date: 2020-12 Impact factor: 1.671