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16965969

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
9
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-9-12
pubmed:abstractText
The purpose of this study is to investigate the correlation between surgicopathological findings and ultrasonic images of nonpalpable breast lesions. The study was composed of 220 nonpalpable breast lesions from 193 patients. The breast lesions were classified into soft tissue type (185 lesions) and calcification type (35 lesions). Of the 220 lesions, 62 (28%) were malignant. For soft tissue type lesions, the sonographic features of sound attenuation (p < 0.001) and irregular border (p < 0.001) were significantly associated with the malignant diagnosis. For soft tissue-type and calcification-type lesions, the presence of increased vascularity (p < 0.001) or calcification (p < 0.001) was significantly associated with the malignant diagnosis. Of the 164 breast lesions with corresponding mammograms, 37 of 74 mammographically identifiable lesions were pathologically malignant, as compared with 16 of 90 lesions with negative mammograms (p < 0.001). In our study, the more sensitive sonographic features for predicting malignancy were irregular border and increased vascularity (sensitivity 88% and 82%, respectively), whereas the features of sound attenuation and presence of calcifications were more specific (specificity 88% and 80%, respectively). In conclusion, ultrasound-guided wire localization of breast lesions is not only useful in assisting surgical biopsy, but the sonographic findings obtained by this procedure correlate with pathologic diagnosis.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0301-5629
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
32
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1299-306
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
Sonographic features of nonpalpable breast cancer: a study based on ultrasound-guided wire-localized surgical biopsies.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Radiology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, 201, Section 2, Taipei 112, Taiwan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Evaluation Studies