Clinical Application of C-TIRADS Category and Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound in Differential Diagnosis of Solid Thyroid Nodules Measuring ≥1 cm

07 June 2022 : Clinical Research

Zhuang Jin^1ABCDEF, Yaqiong Zhu^2ABCDEF, Yu Lei^3BF, Xin Yu^1BCD, Nan Jiang^1BCD, Yue Gao^1CF, Junying Cao^1ACDEF*

DOI: 10.12659/MSM.936368

Med Sci Monit 2022; 28:e936368

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Table 5 Diagnostic performance of C-TIRADS and CEUS.

Method of examination		Pathological results		Sensitivity	Specificity	Accuracy	AUC
Method of examination		Malignant	Benign	Sensitivity	Specificity	Accuracy	AUC
C-TIRADS	+	54	14	85.7%	73.6%	80.2%	0.845^#
C-TIRADS	−	9	39
CEUS	+	50	6	79.8%	88.7%	83.6%	0.908^*
CEUS	−	13	47
C-TIRADS+CEUS	+	51	5	80.9%	90.6%	85.3%	0.918
C-TIRADS+CEUS	−	12	48
^# C-TIRADS vs C-TIRADS+CEUS: ^& C-TIRADS vs CEUS: ^* CEUS vs C-TIRADS+CEUS: >0.05.

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