Diagnostic accuracy of sonoelastography in different diseases

Manzoor, Iqra; Bacha, Raham; Gilani, Syed Amir

doi:10.15557/jou.2018.0005

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Flowchart of the search and selection process

Forest plot for salivary and parotid gland

Forest plot for musculoskeletal diseases

Pooled sensitivity and specificity

Disease	No of studies	Mean sensitivity	Mean specificity	Std. deviation
Lymph nodes	16	79.31	86.52	13.196
Prostate carcinoma	9	78.43	79.71	8.327
Breast masses	6	86.40	75.73	6.800
Liver diseases	5	94.94	86.22	3.324
Salivary and Parotid Gland	2	64.95	52.75	5.303
Pancreatic masses	3	94.80	76.95	2.406
Musculoskeletal diseases	3	92.17	83.73	13.568
Renal diseases	2	82.85	85.00	4.031
Pooled sensitivity and specificity	46	83.14	81.41	11.902

Characteristics of the included studies

Study year	Country	Type of article	Technique	Disease	Sensitivity %	Specificity%	Sample size	Journal
2012⁽¹⁰⁾	China	Meta-analysis	Sonoelastography	Superficial malignant lymph nodes	74	90	9 articles	European Journal of Radiology
2012⁽¹⁰⁾	China	Meta-analysis	Sonoelastography	Superficial Benign lymph nodes	90	88	9 articles	European Journal of Radiology
2009⁽¹¹⁾	Italy	Original research	Sonoelastography	Thyroid nodules	82	88	25	Journal of Ultrasound
			Sonoelastography	Deep lymph nodes in mediastinum or abdomen	85	92
			Sonoelastography	Cervical lymph nodes	75	80
2015⁽¹²⁾	USA	Original research	Sonoelastography	Malignancy in thyroid nodules	79	77	not reported	Abdominal Imaging
2009⁽¹³⁾	Different centers of Europe	Original research	Sonoelastography	Superficial lymph nodes	92	83	101	World Journal of Gastroenterology
2012⁽¹⁴⁾	Romania	Original research	Sonoelastography	Benign cervical lymph nodes	67	97	69	Medical Ultrasonography
2012⁽¹⁴⁾	Romania	Original research	Sonoelastography	Malignant cervical lymph nodes	71	97	69	Medical Ultrasonography
2013⁽¹⁵⁾	Romania	Review article	Sonoelastography	Superficial lymphadenopathy	42	100	not reported	Medical Ultrasonography
2008⁽¹⁶⁾	Japan	Original research	Sonoelastography	Cervical lymph nodes	83	100	85	American Journal of Roentgenology
2009⁽¹⁷⁾	Republic of Korea	Original research	Sonoelastography	Thyroid nodules	70	100	45	American Journal of Roentgenology
2012¹⁸⁾	Turkey	Original research	Sonoelastography	Thyroid nodules	86	82	74	American Journal of Roentgenology
2012¹⁸⁾	Turkey	Original research	Sonoelastography	Thyroid nodules	89	82	74	American Journal of Roentgenology
2013⁽¹⁹⁾	USA	Review article	Sonoelastography	Lymph nodes	86	66	24 articles	American Journal of Roentgenology
2012⁽²⁰⁾	China	Original research	Sonoelastography	Enlarged cervical lymph nodes	98	64	93	Asian Pacific Journal for Cancer Prevention
2010⁽²¹⁾		Original research	Sonoelastography	Prostate carcinoma	90	79		Journal of Urology
2009⁽²²⁾	Japan	Original research	Sonoelastography	Prostate carcinoma	73	90	311	Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology
2010⁽²³⁾	Japan	Original research	Sonoelastography	Prostate carcinoma	72	86	87	Journal of Urology
2008⁽²⁴⁾	Japan	Original research	Sonoelastography	Prostate carcinoma	68	81	107	Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
2008⁽²⁵⁾	Germany	Original research	Sonoelastography	Prostate carcinoma	75	77	109	European Urology
2008⁽²⁶⁾	Austria	Original research	Sonoelastography	Prostate carcinoma	88	72	not reported	Abdominal Imaging
2007⁽²⁷⁾	Austria	Original research	Sonoelastography	Prostate carcinoma	80	79	15	British Journal of Urology International
2010⁽²⁸⁾	NR	Original research	Sonoelastography	Prostate carcinoma	88	79	not reported	Journal of Radiotherapy and Oncology
2015⁽²⁹⁾	USA	Pictorial Essay	Sonoelastography	Prostate carcinoma	72	76	not reported	Abdominal Imaging
2011⁽³⁰⁾	Republic of Korea	Original research	Sonoelastography	Axillary lymph nodes in breast cancer	81	67	62	Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine
2009⁽³¹⁾	China	Original research	Sonoelastography	Breast lesions	98	44	104	Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine
2008⁽³²⁾	Italy	Original research	Sonoelastography	Non-palpable breast lesions	80	81	278	European Radiology
2012⁽³³⁾	USA	Review article	Sonoelastography	Malignant breast abnormalities	88	98	9 articles	Breast Cancer Research and Treatment
2012⁽³³⁾	USA	Review article	Sonoelastography	Benign breast abnormalities	83	72	9 articles	Breast Cancer Research and Treatment
2010⁽³⁴⁾	Italy	Original research	Sonoelastography	Breast nodules	89	93	110	La Radiologia Medica
2009⁽³⁵⁾	Italy	Original research	Sonoelastography	Fibrosis staging of chronic liver disease F2-F4	91	80	74	World Journal of Gastroenterology
			Sonoelastography	F3-F4	96	79
			Sonoelastography	F4	94	87
2003⁽³⁶⁾	France	Original research	Sonoelastography	Hepatic fibrosis	93	94	106	Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
2010⁽³⁷⁾	Japan	Original research	Sonoelastography	Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease	100	91	54	RSNA Radiology
2013⁽³⁸⁾	Turkey	Original research	Sonoelastography	Parotid gland masses	61	59	75	Acta Radiologica
2010⁽³⁹⁾	Romania	Original research	Sonoelastography	Pleomorphic adenoma of salivary glands	69	46	70	Medical Ultrasonography
2012⁽⁴⁰⁾	India	Original research	Sonoelastography	Inflammatory pancreatic disease	97	93	166	Journal of the Pancreas
2015⁽²⁹⁾	USA	Pictorial Essay	Sonoelastography	Pancreatic masses	95	69		Abdominal Imaging
2009⁽¹³⁾	Different centers of Europe	Original research	Sonoelastography	Pancreatic masses	92	69	101	World Journal of Gastroenterology
2013⁽⁴¹⁾	Tokyo	Original research	Sonoelastography	Achilles tendon	100	86	10	RSNA Radiology
2009⁽⁴²⁾	Austria	Original research	Sonoelastography	Lateral epicondylitis	100	89	38	American Journal of Roentgenology
2011⁽⁴³⁾	Republic of Korea	Original research	Sonoelastography	Lateral epicondylitis	77	76	48	American Journal of Roentgenology
2015⁽⁴⁴⁾	USA	Pictorial Essay	Sonoelastography	Fibrosis in kidney disease	86	95	not reported	BMC Nephrology
2012⁴⁵⁾	USA	Original research	Sonoelastography	Chronic kidney disease	80	75	25	Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Diagnostic accuracy of sonoelastography in different diseases

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Pooled sensitivity and specificity

Characteristics of the included studies

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