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Review
. 2023 Jul 4;13(13):2266.
doi: 10.3390/diagnostics13132266.

The Role of Transabdominal Ultrasound Elastography in Gastrointestinal Non-Liver Diseases: Current Application and Future Prospectives

Mattia Paratore  1 , Matteo Garcovich  1 , Maria Elena Ainora  1 , Livio Enrico Del Vecchio  1 , Giuseppe Cuccia  1 , Laura Riccardi  1 , Maurizio Pompili  1   2 , Antonio Gasbarrini  1   3 , Maria Assunta Zocco  1   3
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Review

The Role of Transabdominal Ultrasound Elastography in Gastrointestinal Non-Liver Diseases: Current Application and Future Prospectives

Mattia Paratore et al. Diagnostics (Basel). .

Abstract

Ultrasound imaging is the first-line investigation for patients with abdominal symptoms, as it effectively depicts the gastrointestinal tract and enables the diagnosis of multiple pathological conditions. Among different recent ultrasound technological advancements, elastography enables the evaluation of various tissue characteristics, such as neoplastic transformation or fibroinflammatory status. In recent years, ultrasound elastography has been utilized extensively for the study of liver diseases and in numerous other clinical settings, including gastrointestinal diseases. Current guidelines suggest the use of transabdominal ultrasound elastography to characterize bowel wall lesions, to assess gastrointestinal contractility, to diagnose and grade chronic pancreatitis; however, no specific indications are provided. In the present paper, we summarize the evidence concerning the application of different ultrasound elastography modalities in gastrointestinal non-liver diseases.

Keywords: elastography; gastrointestinal diseases; inflammatory bowel disease; liver stiffness; shear wave elastography; ultrasound.

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The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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Figure 1
Longitudinal 2D-shear wave elastography (upper part of the image) and corresponding B-mode (lower part of the image) of the terminal ileum measured with SSI.
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Figure 2
Transverse 2D-shear wave elastography (upper part of the image) and corresponding B-mode (lower part of the image) of the pancreatic body measured with SSI.
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