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Diagnostic US creates morphologic images of organs. US elastography is a non-invasive test that images tissue stiffness. This imaging modality may be able to generate additional clinically relevant information since pathological processes can alter the elastic properties of tissue. Emerging uses of elastography that could be relevant to the clinical cytopathologists performing USFNA include breast lymph node and thyroid masses. If so, an additional skill can be learned by the clinical cytopathologist and integrated into the cytology report [10, 11].