07 June 2022>: Clinical Research
Clinical Application of C-TIRADS Category and Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound in Differential Diagnosis of Solid Thyroid Nodules Measuring ≥1 cm
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
Table 5 Diagnostic performance of C-TIRADS and CEUS.
Method of examination | Pathological results | Sensitivity | Specificity | Accuracy | AUC | ||
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Malignant | Benign | ||||||
C-TIRADS | + | 54 | 14 | 85.7% | 73.6% | 80.2% | 0.845# |
− | 9 | 39 | |||||
CEUS | + | 50 | 6 | 79.8% | 88.7% | 83.6% | 0.908* |
− | 13 | 47 | |||||
C-TIRADS+CEUS | + | 51 | 5 | 80.9% | 90.6% | 85.3% | 0.918 |
− | 12 | 48 | |||||
# C-TIRADS vs C-TIRADS+CEUS: & C-TIRADS vs CEUS: * CEUS vs C-TIRADS+CEUS: >0.05. |