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Advances in Dermatology and Allergology/Postępy Dermatologii i Alergologii
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Review paper

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

Marcin Ambroziak
1
,
Piotr Pietruski
2
,
Bartłomiej Noszczyk
2
,
Łukasz Paluch
3

  1. Ambroziak Clinic, Warsaw, Poland
  2. Department of Plastic Surgery, Orlowski Memorial Hospital, Medical Center of Postgraduate Education, Warsaw, Poland
  3. Department of Radiology, Gruca Orthopedic and Trauma Teaching Hospital, Center of Postgraduate Medical Education, Otwock, Poland
Adv Dermatol Allergol 2019; XXXVI (6): 667-672
Online publish date: 2018/07/10
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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.
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elastography, ultrasonography, strain, elasticity, aesthetic medicine

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