Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver
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Clinical Trial
Intra-operative application of real-time tissue elastography for the diagnosis of liver tumours.
Real-time tissue elastography (RTE) has made it possible to visualize tissue elasticity. The aim of this study was to evaluate the usefulness of RTE for the differential diagnosis of liver tumours during surgical exploration. ⋯ Application of RTE in surgical exploration provided significant information about the elasticity of liver tumours. RTE, using a new criterion, ETLT, enabled us to distinguish rather accurately between two common malignancies: HCC and metastatic adenocarcinoma.