Title of article
Ultrasonographic elastography in the evaluation of normal and pathological skin – a review
Author/Authors
Ambroziak, Marcin Ambroziak Clinic, Warsaw, Poland , Pietruski, Piotr Department of Plastic Surgery - Orlowski Memorial Hospital - Medical Center of Postgraduate Education, Warsaw, Poland , Noszczyk, Bartłomiej Department of Plastic Surgery - Orlowski Memorial Hospital - Medical Center of Postgraduate Education, Warsaw, Poland , Paluch, Łukasz Department of Plastic Surgery - Orlowski Memorial Hospital - Medical Center of Postgraduate Education, Warsaw, Poland
Pages
6
From page
667
To page
672
Abstract
The aim of this review article is to discuss the role of ultrasonographic elastography, a technique used to quantify tissue stiffness, in the evaluation of normal and pathological skin. A growing body of evidence suggests that elastography may be used for the diagnosis and monitoring of skin pathologies, in particular tumors, and fibrotic and sclerotic processes. Our knowledge about the elastographic parameters of normal skin is sparse, which together with the lack of reference values for cutaneous stiffness constitutes a serious limitation to the use of elastography in some medical disciplines, including aesthetic medicine.
Keywords
elastography , ultrasonography , strain , elasticity , aesthetic medicine
Journal title
Advances in Dermatology and Allergology/Postȩpy Dermatologii i Alergologii
Serial Year
2019
Record number
2624213
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