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VOLUME 13 , ISSUE 1 ( January-June, 2023 ) > List of Articles

Original Article

Role of Endoscopic Ultrasound in Predicting Solid Pancreatic Lesions Using Strain Ratio and Elastography

Kiran Bajaj, Ali Khalid, Nasir Hasan Luck, Nasir Mehmood, Sandeep Kumar, Muhammad Qaiser Panezai, Danish Kumar, Nadir Sattar, Nida Rasool, Reeaa Kumari

Keywords : Elastography, Endoscopic ultrasound, Solid pancreatic lesions, Strain ratio

Citation Information : Bajaj K, Khalid A, Luck NH, Mehmood N, Kumar S, Panezai MQ, Kumar D, Sattar N, Rasool N, Kumari R. Role of Endoscopic Ultrasound in Predicting Solid Pancreatic Lesions Using Strain Ratio and Elastography. Euroasian J Hepatogastroenterol 2023; 13 (1):1-4.

DOI: 10.5005/jp-journals-10018-1386

License: CC BY-NC 4.0

Published Online: 03-08-2023

Copyright Statement:  Copyright © 2023; The Author(s).


Abstract

Background: Despite advancement in imaging techniques, the diagnosis of solid pancreatic lesions (SPLs) remains challenging. The latest advancement in elastography permits the quantitative measurements of the average elasticity of a lesion. Therefore, our main aim of this study was to determine the utility of endoscopic ultrasound-guided elastography (EUS-EG) and strain ratio (EUS-SR) in predicting SPLs. Materials and methods: This cross-sectional study was performed at the Department of Hepatogastroenterology, Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation. All patients with radiological diagnosis of SPLs underwent EUS-EG, followed by strain ratio (SR) measurement and targeted pancreatic fine needle lesion biopsy (FNB). Area under the receiver operating curve (AUROC) was obtained for SR and combined elastography and SR and at an optimal cutoff, diagnostic accuracy was obtained in predicting the nature of SPLs. Results: A total of 52 patients were included in this study. Out of them, 32 (61.5%) patients were males while 20 (38.5%) were females. The mean age was 50.8 ± 12.5 years. Twenty-four (46.2%) patients had malignant pancreatic lesions. Among malignant lesions, the most common etiology was pancreatic adenocarcinoma seen in 18 (34.6%) patients. Out of 28 (53.8%) patients with benign lesions, 14 (26.9%) patients had inflammatory disease. Area under the receiver operating curve was obtained for both SR alone and SR combined with elastography score in differentiating benign from malignant SPLs which was 0.832 (p-value < 0.001) for SR alone and a slightly higher for combined SR with elastography (AUROC-0.839) (p-value < 0.001). At an optimal cutoff of SR of >17, the sensitivity was 94.8% and the diagnostic accuracy was 74% in predicting SPLs. While, when SR and elastography were combined together, the sensitivity increased to 96% with a diagnostic accuracy of 75%. Conclusion: Combined EUS-EG and SR were accurate in diagnosing malignant pancreatic lesions with a diagnostic accuracy of 75% providing additional diagnostics information before biopsy. However, multicentric studies with larger sample sizes are required for the validation of our results to determine the utility and diagnostic accuracy of EUS-SR in defining the characteristic of pancreatic lesions.

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