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August 12, 2025Ultrasound in Medicine & BiologyOpen Access

Diagnostic Value of Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound for Differentiating Benign and Malignant Thyroid nodules: A Systematic Review and Meta‑Analysis

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RXRenfan XuHebei University of TechnologyYHYong HeUniversity of BergamoXXXiaoyan XieSun Yat-sen University

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Systematic review indicates contrast-enhanced ultrasound accurately differentiates benign from malignant thyroid nodules, highlighting its diagnostic value.

Key Points

  • Contrast-enhanced ultrasound shows high diagnostic accuracy for distinguishing benign from malignant thyroid nodules, providing clear results.
  • Pooled sensitivity and specificity for CEUS stand at 86%, with a diagnostic odds ratio of 38.90, indicating strong performance.
  • This systematic review included 29 studies involving 3521 thyroid nodules and focused on postoperative pathology as the standard.
  • The analysis supports the addition of CEUS to conventional ultrasound, improving accuracy in risk assessment for thyroid lesions.

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Xu et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68c23595b210217d6477123fhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2025.07.015
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