Skin and Subcutaneous Tissue Strain in Legs with Lymphedema and Lipodermatosclerosis

Suehiro, Kotaro; Morikage, Noriyasu; Murakami, Masanori; Yamashita, Osamu; Harada, Takasuke; Ueda, Koshiro; Samura, Makoto; Tanaka, Yuya; Nakamura, Kaori; Hamano, Kimikazu

doi:10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2015.01.019

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“…We previously reported that the mean skin and subcutaneous tissue strains in legs with lymphedema of varying severity were not significantly different from those in asymptomatic legs. 16) In the current study, however, pre-MLD skin and subcutaneous tissue strains were significantly lower, or tended to be lower, than those in normal legs. This could be because the current study included more advanced stage lymphedema patients 16) as well as relatively younger normal volunteers.…”

Section: Application Of Rte To the Assessment Of Peripheral Lymphedemacontrasting

confidence: 76%

“…16) In the current study, however, pre-MLD skin and subcutaneous tissue strains were significantly lower, or tended to be lower, than those in normal legs. This could be because the current study included more advanced stage lymphedema patients 16) as well as relatively younger normal volunteers. Consistent with the previous report, the order of tissues from highest to lowest strain was the same in normal legs and legs with lymphedema in the present study, namely, subcutaneous tissue of the thigh > subcutaneous tissue of that in the calf > skin of the thigh > skin of the calf.…”

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Immediate Changes to Skin and Subcutaneous Tissue Strains Following Manual Lymph Drainage in Legs with Lymphedema

Suehiro

Kakutani

Nakamura

et al. 2016

Annals of Vascular Diseases

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Section: Application Of Rte To the Assessment Of Peripheral Lymphedemacontrasting

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Immediate Changes to Skin and Subcutaneous Tissue Strains Following Manual Lymph Drainage in Legs with Lymphedema

Suehiro

Kakutani

Nakamura

et al. 2016

Annals of Vascular Diseases

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“…Previous studies verifying elastography as a method to examine skin pathologies involved primarily cancer patients [23][24][25][26][27] and individuals with chronic systemic inflammation [28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36]. Most of these studies confirmed that elastography is an accurate method to identify and quantify proliferative and fibrotic processes taking place in the skin.…”

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Ultrasonographic elastography in the evaluation of normal and pathological skin – a review

Ambroziak

Pietruski²,

Noszczyk³

et al. 2019

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A b s t r a c tThe 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.

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“…Cannaò et al showed that perioral stiffness is greater in patients with systemic sclerosis than in controls in their pilot study . The other studies with fibrotic diseases are about cutaneous processes secondary to irradiation and lipodermatosclerosis …”

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A preliminary study on ultrasound techniques applied to cicatricial alopecia

İslamoğlu

Uysal

2019

Skin Res Technol

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Background: Cicatricial alopecia (CA) is a group of disorder characterized by permanent destruction of the hair follicle. Shear wave elastography (SWE) and superb microvascular imaging (SMI) are noninvasive ultrasonic techniques which evaluate thickness, stiffness, and vascular index of tissues.Objectives: This study explored the ranges of cicatricial alopecia area and normal scalp with a combined modality of SMI and SWE and investigated the feasibility of their use in assessing these diseases.Methods: Seventeen patients diagnosed with CA and twenty healthy controls were included in the study. SWE and SMI were performed with an Aplio 500 ultrasound system. Results:The mean age of patient group was 37.00 ± 13.16, and the mean age of the healthy controls were 36.00 ± 11.79. SWE results as m/s in cicatricial plaques (x = 5191) were higher than non-alopecic scalp areas (x = 4460) in patient group (t (16) = 2260; P = 0.038 < 0.05). SMI values in patient group (cicatricial plaques) (x = 1200) were significantly higher than control group SMI values (x = 0.005) (t (35) = 3.075; P = 0.012 < 0.05). Conclusions:To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study to evaluate SWE and SMI scores in cicatricial alopecia. We found higher stiffness and vascularity in patient group. We conclude that SWE and SMI can show fibrosis and inflammation like previous studies. Especially, SWE as m/s is more sensitive than as kPa for cicatricial alopecia. K E Y W O R D S alopecia, fibrosis, sclerosis, ultrasonography How to cite this article: Kaya İslamoğlu ZG, Uysal E. A preliminary study on ultrasound techniques applied to cicatricial alopecia. Skin Res Technol. 2019;25:810-814.

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Skin and Subcutaneous Tissue Strain in Legs with Lymphedema and Lipodermatosclerosis

Cited by 18 publications

References 9 publications

Immediate Changes to Skin and Subcutaneous Tissue Strains Following Manual Lymph Drainage in Legs with Lymphedema

Immediate Changes to Skin and Subcutaneous Tissue Strains Following Manual Lymph Drainage in Legs with Lymphedema

Ultrasonographic elastography in the evaluation of normal and pathological skin – a review

A preliminary study on ultrasound techniques applied to cicatricial alopecia

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