Buscar en
Medicina Clínica (English Edition)
Toda la web
Inicio Medicina Clínica (English Edition) Endobronchial ultrasound elastography for diagnosing mediastinal and hilar lymph...
Journal Information
Vol. 154. Issue 2.
Pages 45-51 (January 2020)
Share
Share
Download PDF
More article options
Visits
7
Vol. 154. Issue 2.
Pages 45-51 (January 2020)
Original article
Endobronchial ultrasound elastography for diagnosing mediastinal and hilar lymph nodes
Elastografía asociada a la ecografía endobronquial en el estudio de adenopatías hiliares y mediastínicas
Visits
7
María Hernández Rocaa,b,
Corresponding author
mariahernandezroca@gmail.com

Corresponding author.
, Javier Pérez Pallarésc, María del Mar Valdivia Salasc, José García Solanoc,d, David Prieto Merinod, Juan José Martínez Díaze, Antonio Santa Cruz Siminianic
a Hospital General Universitario Rafael Méndez, Lorca, Murcia, Spain
b Health Sciences PhD Program, Universidad Católica de Murcia UCAM, Guadalupe, Murcia, Spain
c Hospital General Universitario Santa Lucía, Cartagena, Spain
d Universidad Católica de Murcia (UCAM), Spain
e Hospital General de Almansa, Albacete, Spain
This item has received
Article information
Abstract
Full Text
Bibliography
Download PDF
Statistics
Figures (3)
Show moreShow less
Tables (3)
Table 1. Clinical characteristics of the 24 patients and 38 lymphadenopathies.
Table 2. Distribution of lymphadenopathy variables according to benign or malignant pathology.
Table 3. Analysis of variability of elastography quantitative values.
Show moreShow less
Abstract
Background

The main objective was to analyze the technical variability of EBUS-elastography in the differentiation of benign and malignant hilar and mediastinal lymph nodes. As a secondary objective, the results of the EBUS-elastography in said differentiation were analyzed, comparing them with the anatomopathological results.

Methods

Prospective and analytical study of lymph nodes in which EBUS-elastography was performed. Elastographic variables and their variability were analyzed.

Results

24 patients and 38 lymph nodes were evaluated. Of these, 60.5 % had a history of neoplasia, 71 % of them were EBUS-elastography with diagnostic intention, 53 % were mediastinal staging of lung cancer. Both procedures were performed in 25 % of the patients. Lymph nodes were classified into elastographic colour patterns, red being characteristic of elastic tissues and blue of rigid tissues. The lymphadenopathies with apredominantly blue pattern were associated with an anatomopathological result of malignancy (86 % vs 14 %, OR 20.4 (3.1–245.1) p-value = .00015). Malignant lymph nodes presented less colour dispersion in the frequency histograms and a higher ratio of blue pixels and higher strain ratio. These variables showed a variability of 8.7 %, 9.9 % and 31.6 % respectively in repetitions in the same adenopathy. Finally, a 66 % of consistency was obtained in the event of colour pattern variability (p 0.0000).

Conclusion

EBUS-elastography is feasible during EBUS and may be helpful in predicting malignant lymph node infiltration. The quantitative elastographic data show low variability in repetitions in the same adenopathy. The strain ratio is the most variable elastographic parameter.

Keywords:
Elastography
Endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle
Mediastinal and hilar lymph node
Technical variability of EBUS-elastography
Resumen
Introducción

El objetivo principal es analizar la variabilidad técnica de la EBUS-elastografía para diferenciar entre adenopatías hiliares y mediastínicas benignas y malignas. Como objetivo secundario, se analizan los resultados de la EBUS-elastografía en dicha diferenciación, comparándolos con los resultados anatomopatológicos.

Material y métodos

: Estudio analítico prospectivo de adenopatías consecutivas en las que se realizó EBUS-elastografía. Se analizan las variables elastográficas y la variabilidad técnica de la EBUS-elastografía.

Resultados

Muestra de 24 pacientes, 38 adenopatías. El 60.5% presentaban antecedentes de neoplasia. El 71% tenían intención diagnóstica, el 53% para estadiaje mediastínico de una neoplasia conocida; el 25% de los casos con doble intensión. Se clasificaron las adenopatías en patrones de color elastográficos, siendo el rojo propio de tejidos elásticos y el azul de rígidos. Las adenopatías con patrón de color predominantemente azul se asociaron con resultado anatomopatológico de malignidad (86% vs 14%, OR 20,4 (3,1 -245,1) p = 0,00015). Se evidenció menor dispersión del color en los histogramas de frecuencias y mayor ratio de píxeles azules y strain ratio en adenopatías con resultado AP de malignidad frente a benignas. Dichas variables presentaron respectivamente 8.7%, 9.9% y 31.6% de variabilidad en las repeticiones dentro de la misma adenopatía. Se obtuvo un 66% de consistencia en el caso de los patrones de colores (p = 0,000).

Conclusiones

EBUS-elastografía es una herramienta diagnóstica de estudio tisular factible durante la realización de EBUS, capaz de predecir la presencia de infiltración maligna ganglionar. Los datos cuantitativos elastográficos muestran escasa variabilidad en repeticiones dentro de la misma adenopatía, siendo el strain ratio el parámetro elastográfico más variable.

Palabras clave:
Elastografía
Punción aspiración con aguja fina guiada por ecografía endobronquial
Ganglios linfáticos hiliares y mediastínicos
Variabilidad técnica de la EBUS-elastografía

Article

These are the options to access the full texts of the publication Medicina Clínica (English Edition)
Subscriber
Subscriber

If you already have your login data, please click here .

If you have forgotten your password you can you can recover it by clicking here and selecting the option “I have forgotten my password”
Subscribe
Subscribe to

Medicina Clínica (English Edition)

Purchase
Purchase article

Purchasing article the PDF version will be downloaded

Price 19.34 €

Purchase now
Contact
Phone for subscriptions and reporting of errors
From Monday to Friday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. (GMT + 1) except for the months of July and August which will be from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Calls from Spain
932 415 960
Calls from outside Spain
+34 932 415 960
E-mail
Article options
Tools
es en pt

¿Es usted profesional sanitario apto para prescribir o dispensar medicamentos?

Are you a health professional able to prescribe or dispense drugs?

Você é um profissional de saúde habilitado a prescrever ou dispensar medicamentos