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Acta Médica del Centro
On-line version ISSN 2709-7927
Abstract
PIAMO MORALES, Alberto José and GARCIA ROJAS, Mayra Afrodita. Use of elastosonography in the diagnosis of Peyronie's disease. Acta méd centro [online]. 2020, vol.14, n.2, pp. 257-267. Epub June 30, 2020. ISSN 2709-7927.
Introduction:
Peyronie's disease is an inflammatory disorder characterized by the presence of a fibrous plaque in the tunica albuginea of the penis that causes pain, curvature and shortening of the penis and, in some cases, erectile dysfunction.
Objective:
to describe the use, findings and potential of elastosonography in the diagnosis of Peyronie's disease.
Method:
a search of the literature is carried out in databases such as Medline, Hinari and Imbiomed.
Results:
elastosonography is a method for the evaluation of fibrosis in different organs, so it can be used in the diagnosis of fibrous lesions of Peyronie's disease.
Conclusions:
elastosonography has the potential to better identify and characterize these fibrous lesions underestimated by B-mode ultrasound.
Keywords : penile induration; elastosonography; diagnostic imaging of elasticity; fibrosis.