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Recently, the usefulness of strain elastography (SE) was demonstrated in the differential diagnosis, however this method has several limitations. The aim of the current study was to assess the usefulness of shear wave elastography (SWE) in this field. The US, SE, and SWE were performed in 31 children with 53 ectopic thymuses (ETs) and quantitative values of SWE parameters were calculated, so as to generate potential normative values of ET elasticity and of the shear wave ratio (SWR). The mean SWRIET was 0.89 \u00b1 0.21 and the mean shear wave stiffness (SWS) was 7.47 \u00b1 1.93 kPa. The mean SWREET was 0.84 \u00b1 0.15 and the mean SWSEET was 11.28 \u00b1 2.58 kPa. The results have proven that the stiffness of ETs is lower or equal to the thyroid\u2019s. SWE was demonstrated to be a useful diagnostic method for ET evaluation. 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