@article{article_432532, title={: Is there a correlation between the biceps brachii muscle stiffness measured by elastography and severity of lymphedema in patients with breast cancer-related lymphedema?}, journal={Archives of Clinical and Experimental Medicine}, volume={3}, pages={143–147}, year={2018}, DOI={10.25000/acem.432532}, author={Aslan, Hülya and Analan, Pınar Doruk and Kaya, Emine}, keywords={Lymphedema,elastography,breast cancer,biceps brachii}, abstract={<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:200%;"> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:200%;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-us">Aim: </span> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:200%;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-us">  <a> </a> <a> </a>Breast-cancer-related lymphedema (BCRL) causes
symptoms such as swelling, heaviness, tightness, firmness, pain, numbness, or
impaired mobility in the affected arm and hand. It also predisposes patients to
fibrosis, cellulitis, infections, lymphadenitis, and septicemia. Aim of this
study was to analyze correlation between the biceps brachii muscle
stiffness measured by shear wave elastography (SWE) and severity of the
lymphedema. </span> </p> <p> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:200%;"> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:200%;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-us">Methods: </span> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:200%;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-us"> <a> </a> <a> </a>This prospective study included 20 consecutive
patients (mean age, 54.6±5.4 years) with having BCRL in the upper limb. Stiffness
of the biceps brachii muscle was assessed by SWE. Shear wave speeds (SWS) of
the biceps muscle on the affected side for each patient were measured. Severity
of the lymphedema was determined by difference between diameters and
volumes of affected and unaffected extremities. Correlations between the
biceps brachii muscle stiffness measured by SWE and difference between diameters
and volumes of affected and unaffected extremities were analyzed. </span> </p> <p> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:200%;"> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:200%;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-us">Results: </span> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:200%;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-us"> <a> </a> <a> </a>SWS of the biceps muscle on the affected side
showed positive fair correlation with difference between diameters and volumes
of affected and unaffected extremities (0.70≥ r≥ 0.51). </span> </p> <p> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:200%;"> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-us">Conclusion: </span> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-us"> <a> </a>Our
results suggest that the biceps muscle stiffness increases with increase in severity
of lymphedema. The biceps muscle stiffness measured by SWE could provide a
quantitative tool for following-up patients with BCRL. </span> <br /> </p> <p> </p>}, number={3}, publisher={Mustafa HASBAHÇECİ}