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

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine : Official Journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine
T H WilkensI Jatoi

Abstract

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.

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