scholarly journals Role of Breast Ultrasound for the Detection and Differentiation of Breast Lesions

Breast Care ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 109-114 ◽  
Author(s):  
Helmut Madjar
2021 ◽  
pp. 37-38
Author(s):  
Snehal Santosh Rathi ◽  
Sonali Mhaske Kadam

INTRODUCTION: The four main roles of ultrasound in Breast imaging are-primary screening, supplemental screening, diagnosis and Interventional procedures. Palpable masses, abnormal nipple discharge and mammographic abnormalities constitute the most common indication for targeted Breast Ultrasound. AIM: To study the role of Ultrasound in evaluating Breast lesions and characterising them as Benign or Malignant. MATERIAL AND METHODS:This is a Retrospective analysis conducted in Department of Radiology, MGM Medical College and Hospital, Kamothey, Navi Mumbai from February 2021 to June 2021. A total of 136 patients with signs and symptoms related to breast lesions were screened. CONCLUSION: The advent of high frequency probe, easy accessibility, cost effectiveness, reliability and relatively easy to perform makes ultrasound as the prime modality of choice for screening breast lesions.


Pathology ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 41 (1) ◽  
pp. 68-76 ◽  
Author(s):  
Takuya Moriya ◽  
Yuji Kozuka ◽  
Naoki Kanomata ◽  
Gary M. Tse ◽  
Puay-Hoon Tan

2018 ◽  
Vol 46 (5) ◽  
pp. 1928-1935 ◽  
Author(s):  
Li Liu ◽  
Bo Yin ◽  
Kawai Shek ◽  
Daoying Geng ◽  
Yiping Lu ◽  
...  

Objective To investigate the role of quantitative analysis of T2 relaxation time in the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) diagnosis of breast cancer. Methods The study enrolled patients with clinical breast masses who were examined using MRI at eight different echo times. The differences in T2 relaxation time of benign and malignant breast lesions were analysed. Results A total of 67 patients (67 breast lesions: 46 malignant, 21 benign) were examined. The mean ± SD T2 relaxation time was significantly lower in the 46 malignant lesions compared with the 21 benign lesions (82.69 ± 15.37 ms versus 95.48 ± 26.51 ms, respectively). The area under the curve was 0.731. Using 79.52 ms as the cut-off between benign and malignant breast lesions, a sensitivity of 85.7% and a specificity of 58.7% were obtained. Conclusions There was a significant difference in T2 relaxation time between benign and malignant breast lesions. The specificity of using T2 relaxation time alone for the differentiation of benign from malignant lesions was not high, but it could constitute a new adjunct in the MRI diagnosis of breast cancer.


2016 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 57
Author(s):  
AS Thapa ◽  
R Ghimire ◽  
R Joshi ◽  
UMS Dongol ◽  
DR Singh

Introduction and Objective: The aim of the study is to correlate the sonographic findings of breast ultrasound done by clinicians/surgery residents with radiologists and also to correlate the sonographic findings of breast ultrasound with cytopathological or histopathological findings.Materials and Methods: A prospective observational study conducted at KMCTH from March 2014 to March 2015. All consecutive patients presenting with clinically palpable breast lumps were included in the study. A sample size of 30 patients was taken. All patients with clinically palpable solid breast lumps were subjected to ultrasound by a clinician/surgical resident. Ethical clearance was taken from the institutional review board and informed consent was taken from the individual patients.Results: We found that the sonography done by clinicians/surgery residents had 100% sensitivity, 84.6% specificity and PPV of 50%. There was significant correlation between the findings of the surgery residents and radiologists and the cytopathology/histopathology as well.Conclusion: Breast Sonography performed by clinicians/surgery residents is comparable to radiologists in the diagnosis of clinically palpable breast lumps. It has good correlation with cytopathological and histopathological findings.


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