Shear-wave elastography in the diagnosis of solid breast masses: what leads to false-negative or false-positive results?

JH Yoon, HK Jung, JT Lee, KH Ko - European radiology, 2013 - Springer
JH Yoon, HK Jung, JT Lee, KH Ko
European radiology, 2013Springer
Objective To investigate the factors that have an effect on false-positive or false-negative
shear-wave elastography (SWE) results in solid breast masses. Methods From June to
December 2012, 222 breast lesions of 199 consecutive women (mean age: 45.3±10.1
years; range, 21 to 88 years) who had been scheduled for biopsy or surgical excision were
included. Greyscale ultrasound and SWE were performed in all women before biopsy. Final
ultrasound assessments and SWE parameters (pattern classification and maximum …
Objective
To investigate the factors that have an effect on false-positive or false-negative shear-wave elastography (SWE) results in solid breast masses.
Methods
From June to December 2012, 222 breast lesions of 199 consecutive women (mean age: 45.3 ± 10.1 years; range, 21 to 88 years) who had been scheduled for biopsy or surgical excision were included. Greyscale ultrasound and SWE were performed in all women before biopsy. Final ultrasound assessments and SWE parameters (pattern classification and maximum elasticity) were recorded and compared with histopathology results. Patient and lesion factors in the ‘true’ and ‘false’ groups were compared.
Results
Of the 222 masses, 175 (78.8 %) were benign, and 47 (21.2 %) were malignant. False-positive rates of benign masses were significantly higher than false-negative rates of malignancy in SWE patterns, 36.6 % to 6.4 % (P < 0.001). Among both benign and malignant masses, factors showing significance among false SWE features were lesion size, breast thickness and lesion depth (all P < 0.05). All 47 malignant breast masses had SWE images of good quality.
Conclusions
False SWE features were more significantly seen in benign masses. Lesion size, breast thickness and lesion depth have significance in producing false results, and this needs consideration in SWE image acquisition.
Key Points
Shear-wave elastography (SWE) is widely used during breast imaging
At SWE, false-positive rates were significantly higher than false-negative rates
Larger size, breast thickness, depth and fair quality influences false-positive SWE features
Smaller size, larger breast thickness and depth influences false-negative SWE features
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