Chinese Association of Ultrasound in Medicine and Engineering, Superficial Organs and Peripheral Vessels Committee Expert Consensus on Selected Common Clinical Issues in Parathyroid Ultrasound (2024 Edition).

Parathyroid ultrasound is widely used in clinical practice and plays a crucial role in the diagnosis and treatment of parathyroid diseases. Nevertheless, ultrasound physicians frequently encounter a number of challenges and doubts in their professional practice. For this reason, Superficial Organs and Peripheral Vessels Committee of Chinese Association of Ultrasound in Medicine and Engineering has formulated the expert consensus on certain common clinical problems of parathyroid ultrasound based on the current research progress and clinical experience, in order to guide the clinical practice.

Chinese association of ultrasound in medicine and engineering, superficial organs and peripheral vessels committee expert consensus on clinical frequently asked questions in breast ultrasonography, June 2018.

Ultrasonography, the preferred imaging modality for breast diseases, has merits such as absence of radiation, high diagnostic accuracy, and convenience for follow-up, thus playing an important role in clinical diagnosis and management. The American College of Radiology (ACR) proposed Breast Imaging-Reporting and Data System (BI-RADS ) and has updated for several times. Gradually, the BI-RADS has been accepted and adopted by ultrasound physicians at all levels of hospitals in China, and it has played a certain role in improving the diagnostic level of breast ultrasound in China.

Contrast-enhanced ultrasound and real-time elastography in the differential diagnosis of malignant and benign thyroid nodules.

The diagnostic value of contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) or real-time elastography (RTE) alone, as well as a combination of CEUS and RTE, in distinguishing benign from malignant thyroid nodules was investigated. Between August 2012 and June 2014, a total of 97 consecutive patients (50 male and 47 female patients; mean age, 48.6±12.

Diagnostic Efficacy of Ultrasonographic Characteristics of Thyroid Carcinoma in Predicting Cervical Lymph Node Metastasis.

The goals of this study were to determine the ultrasonographic characteristics of thyroid carcinoma (TC) and to explore the diagnostic efficacy of these ultrasonographic characteristics in predicting cervical lymph node metastasis (LNM). From June 2012 to June 2014, a total of 186 TC patients were recruited from the Central Hospital of Chengde City, Hebei, China. We divided them into two groups: the metastatic group comprised 129 nodules (n = 86), and the non-metastatic group 117 nodules (n = 100).