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10665344

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-2-28
pubmed:abstractText
The objective of this article is to evaluate the significance of resistive index in differentiation between benign and malignant breast lesions on duplex ultrasonographic examination. Resistive indices obtained in 106 breast lesions of 104 patients were included. Sixty-four were benign (mean age: 32.4 +/- 11.1 years), and 42 were malignant lesions (mean age: 47.8 +/- 11.4 years). The resistive index was classified as follows: below 0.49, from 0.5 to 0.59, 0.6 to 0.69, 0.7 to 0.79, and above 0.8. We analyzed and defined the optimal threshold value of RI between benign and malignant lesions. The mean values of the RI of benign and malignant lesions were 0.62 +/- 0.095 (range 0.44-0.86) and 0.74 +/- 0.097 (range, 0.50-0.92), respectively. The resistive index exceeded 0.7 in 80% of malignant lesions. The difference of the RI between malignant and benign lesions was statistically significant when the threshold value was 0.7 (P < 0.001). A resistive index over 0.7 may suggest malignant lesions. Due to the considerable overlap of the range of the RI, it may not be diagnostic in any single patient; however, it may be helpful in conjunct with gray-scale image.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0899-7071
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
23
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
284-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
Significance of resistive index in color Doppler ultrasonogram: differentiation between benign and malignant breast masses.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Radiology, Ewha Medical Research Center, College of Medicine, Ewha Womans University Mokdong Hospital, Seoul, Korea.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't