ABSTRACT
Background: Thyroid nodules are found in around 3%–7% of the population by palpation, 20%–76% by ultrasonography, and about 50% by autopsy. Due to advancements in medical imaging, the number of thyroid nodules discovered has increased. Thyroid nodules, regardless of size, are found to have a 5% risk of cancer, according to researches.
Patients and Methods:This prospective study was performed on 50 thyroid nodules in 50 adult patients of both sexes, referred to sayed galal university hospital from internal medicine, endocrinology, surgery and oncology clinics between march 2021 to march 2022.
Results: USE is a reliable noninvasive diagnostic method for assessing dominant thyroid nodules, according to this study. On qualitative elastography, the benign histology of soft nodules may be predicted with a high degree of confidence. In the case of hard lesions, the likelihood of a malignant discovery is extremely high.
Conclusion: To summarise, elastography is an unquestionably beneficial technical advancement in thyroid nodule imaging, but it, like any other imaging modality, has its limitations.