Evaluating Lymph Node Stiffness to Differentiate Bacterial Cervical Lymphadenitis and Lymph Node–First Presentation of Kawasaki Disease by Shear Wave Elastography

• Published in: Journal of ultrasound in medicine Vol. 40; no. 7; pp. 1371 - 1380
• Main Authors: Qin, Qin, Wang, Dandan, Xu, Lili, Lan, Yuxia, Tong, Minghui
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken, USA John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01.07.2021
• Subjects: bacterial lymphadenitis; children; Kawasaki disease; shear wave elastography

Objectives The purpose of our study was to evaluate the potential of cervical lymph node shear wave elastography (SWE) to quantify the lymph node stiffness (kilopascals) noninvasively among patients with lymph node–first presentation of Kawasaki disease (NFKD), patients with bacterial cervical lymph...