Evaluation of palpable breast masses with color Doppler sonography and gray scale imaging

Excisional biopsy is the standard method of distinguishing benign from malignant masses of the breast. However, alternative, less invasive methods of diagnosis are needed to reduce the number of unnecessary biopsies, allay anxiety of the patient, and control costs. In this study, we evaluated breast...

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Published in:Journal of ultrasound in medicine 1998-02, Vol.17 (2), p.109-115
Main Authors: Wilkens, T. H, Burke, B. J, Cancelada, D. A, Jatoi, I
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Anxiety - prevention & control
Biological and medical sciences
Biological materials
Biopsy
Biopsy, Needle
Breast Diseases - diagnostic imaging
Breast Diseases - pathology
Breast Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging
Breast Neoplasms - pathology
Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast - diagnostic imaging
Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast - pathology
Color image processing
Cost Control
Doppler effect
Evaluation Studies as Topic
Female
Fibroadenoma - diagnostic imaging
Fibroadenoma - pathology
Fibrocystic Breast Disease - diagnostic imaging
Fibrocystic Breast Disease - pathology
Gynecology. Andrology. Obstetrics
Humans
Image analysis
Image Processing, Computer-Assisted
Mammary gland diseases
Mammography
Medical imaging
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Sensitivity and Specificity
Single-Blind Method
Tumors
Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color
Ultrasonography, Mammary
Unnecessary Procedures
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Summary:Excisional biopsy is the standard method of distinguishing benign from malignant masses of the breast. However, alternative, less invasive methods of diagnosis are needed to reduce the number of unnecessary biopsies, allay anxiety of the patient, and control costs. In this study, we evaluated breast masses in a series of patients using color Doppler sonography and gray scale ultrasonographic features. In all cases, the pathologic diagnosis of the breast mass was subsequently established by excisional biopsy. The accuracy of gray scale sonography exceeded that of color Doppler sonography at a significance level of P < 0.005.
ISSN:0278-4297
1550-9613
DOI:10.7863/jum.1998.17.2.109