Abstract
Results: RTE demonstrated that the skin of the peri-oral region of patients affected by SSc was stiffer than that of controls, both overall (6;4–6 [median; 25–75th percentile] vs. 11;9–11, p
Conclusion: RTE is a feasible modality to assess peri-oral region skin stiffness with excellent interobserver reproducibility. Further studies on a larger cohort of patients including more clinical data and measures are warranted to confirm our initial results.
Purpose: To evaluate the technical feasibility of real-time elastography (RTE) to assess the stiffness of the skin of the peri-oral region in patients affected by systemic sclerosis (SSc).
Methods: Six female patients affected by SSc (median age = 52 years) presenting with microstomia and six healthy controls matched for age and sex underwent RTE evaluation of the peri-oral region. Two operators with different experience evaluated the stiffness of the peri-oral region placing the probe in four different positions: parasagittal left (PL), parasagittal right (PR), upper axial (UA), lower axial (LA). Color map was converted into a semi-quantitative scale in which blue = 1, green = 2 and red = 3. Thus, each subject had a variable score ranging from 4 (four positions × value = 1) and 12 (four positions × value = 3). Mann–Whitney U and k statistics were used.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 265-269 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Clinical and Translational Imaging |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Oct 26 2014 |
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Keywords
- Microstomia
- Real-time elastography
- Skin
- Systemic sclerosis
- Ultrasonography
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging
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Technical feasibility of real-time elastography to assess the peri-oral region in patients affected by systemic sclerosis. / Cannaò, Paola Maria; Vinci, Valeriano; Caviggioli, Fabio; Klinger, Marco; Orlandi, Davide; Sardanelli, Francesco; Serafini, Giovanni; Sconfienza, Luca Maria.
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T1 - Technical feasibility of real-time elastography to assess the peri-oral region in patients affected by systemic sclerosis
AU - Cannaò, Paola Maria
AU - Vinci, Valeriano
AU - Caviggioli, Fabio
AU - Klinger, Marco
AU - Orlandi, Davide
AU - Sardanelli, Francesco
AU - Serafini, Giovanni
AU - Sconfienza, Luca Maria
PY - 2014/10/26
Y1 - 2014/10/26
N2 - Results: RTE demonstrated that the skin of the peri-oral region of patients affected by SSc was stiffer than that of controls, both overall (6;4–6 [median; 25–75th percentile] vs. 11;9–11, p Conclusion: RTE is a feasible modality to assess peri-oral region skin stiffness with excellent interobserver reproducibility. Further studies on a larger cohort of patients including more clinical data and measures are warranted to confirm our initial results.Purpose: To evaluate the technical feasibility of real-time elastography (RTE) to assess the stiffness of the skin of the peri-oral region in patients affected by systemic sclerosis (SSc).Methods: Six female patients affected by SSc (median age = 52 years) presenting with microstomia and six healthy controls matched for age and sex underwent RTE evaluation of the peri-oral region. Two operators with different experience evaluated the stiffness of the peri-oral region placing the probe in four different positions: parasagittal left (PL), parasagittal right (PR), upper axial (UA), lower axial (LA). Color map was converted into a semi-quantitative scale in which blue = 1, green = 2 and red = 3. Thus, each subject had a variable score ranging from 4 (four positions × value = 1) and 12 (four positions × value = 3). Mann–Whitney U and k statistics were used.
AB - Results: RTE demonstrated that the skin of the peri-oral region of patients affected by SSc was stiffer than that of controls, both overall (6;4–6 [median; 25–75th percentile] vs. 11;9–11, p Conclusion: RTE is a feasible modality to assess peri-oral region skin stiffness with excellent interobserver reproducibility. Further studies on a larger cohort of patients including more clinical data and measures are warranted to confirm our initial results.Purpose: To evaluate the technical feasibility of real-time elastography (RTE) to assess the stiffness of the skin of the peri-oral region in patients affected by systemic sclerosis (SSc).Methods: Six female patients affected by SSc (median age = 52 years) presenting with microstomia and six healthy controls matched for age and sex underwent RTE evaluation of the peri-oral region. Two operators with different experience evaluated the stiffness of the peri-oral region placing the probe in four different positions: parasagittal left (PL), parasagittal right (PR), upper axial (UA), lower axial (LA). Color map was converted into a semi-quantitative scale in which blue = 1, green = 2 and red = 3. Thus, each subject had a variable score ranging from 4 (four positions × value = 1) and 12 (four positions × value = 3). Mann–Whitney U and k statistics were used.
KW - Microstomia
KW - Real-time elastography
KW - Skin
KW - Systemic sclerosis
KW - Ultrasonography
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JO - Clinical and Translational Imaging
JF - Clinical and Translational Imaging
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