Yiqun Liu1, Jiaan Zhu1, Huijie Guo2, Wenxue Li1, Xiuming Wang1, Zheng Chen1, Fang Liu1, Ariun Bilig1. 1. Department of Ultrasound, Peking University People's Hospital, 11 Xizhimen South Street, Beijing 100044, People's Republic of China. 2. Department of Stomatology, Peking University People's Hospital, 11 Xizhimen South Street, Beijing 100044, People's Republic of China.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To date, imaging and non-invasive examination methods for evaluating the oral tissue of patients who with oral chronic graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) are still lacking. Herein, we assessed the ultrasonography imaging characteristics of chronic GVHD patients' buccal soft tissue and evaluated the response to treatment using gray-scale and power Doppler (PD) ultrasound. The overall objective of the study was to determine the potential of ultrasonography to provide an early and objective indication of a therapeutic response to treatment intervention in oral chronic GVHD. METHODS: Buccal mucosa in 21 patients with clinically diagnosis of oral chronic GVHD were assessed before and after 14 day treatment between 2016 and 2018. Ultrasonography assessment included thickness and echogenicity evaluation, and PD. Echogenicity and PD were measured and scored according to a semi-quantitative method. Ultrasonography parameters were compared with clinical activity assessments of disease activity and patient-reported measures. RESULTS: Following 14 day therapy, a significant decrease in PD scores and patient-reported measures was observed (p < 0.01), and clinical assessment scores also decreased (p < 0.05). Changes from baseline PD scores correlated significantly with patient-reported measures (r = 0.85, p < 0.01). Changes in PD scores correlated moderately with the changes in the clinical assessments from baseline (r = 0.46, p < 0.05). A significant decrease in PD scores was observed in the buccal soft tissue of patients that responded clinically to the treatment. A significant decrease in PD scores was also observed in patients that were failed to show clinical improvement (p < 0.05). CONCLUSION: Ultrasonography is a novel and feasible imaging technique for measurement of the response of oral chronic GVHD to therapy. Ultrasonography yields additional information about buccal mucosa and is a complementaty to clinical examination.
OBJECTIVE: To date, imaging and non-invasive examination methods for evaluating the oral tissue of patients who with oral chronic graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) are still lacking. Herein, we assessed the ultrasonography imaging characteristics of chronic GVHD patients' buccal soft tissue and evaluated the response to treatment using gray-scale and power Doppler (PD) ultrasound. The overall objective of the study was to determine the potential of ultrasonography to provide an early and objective indication of a therapeutic response to treatment intervention in oral chronic GVHD. METHODS: Buccal mucosa in 21 patients with clinically diagnosis of oral chronic GVHD were assessed before and after 14 day treatment between 2016 and 2018. Ultrasonography assessment included thickness and echogenicity evaluation, and PD. Echogenicity and PD were measured and scored according to a semi-quantitative method. Ultrasonography parameters were compared with clinical activity assessments of disease activity and patient-reported measures. RESULTS: Following 14 day therapy, a significant decrease in PD scores and patient-reported measures was observed (p < 0.01), and clinical assessment scores also decreased (p < 0.05). Changes from baseline PD scores correlated significantly with patient-reported measures (r = 0.85, p < 0.01). Changes in PD scores correlated moderately with the changes in the clinical assessments from baseline (r = 0.46, p < 0.05). A significant decrease in PD scores was observed in the buccal soft tissue of patients that responded clinically to the treatment. A significant decrease in PD scores was also observed in patients that were failed to show clinical improvement (p < 0.05). CONCLUSION: Ultrasonography is a novel and feasible imaging technique for measurement of the response of oral chronic GVHD to therapy. Ultrasonography yields additional information about buccal mucosa and is a complementaty to clinical examination.
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