Pathological evaluation of clinically impalpable, mammographically detected breast lesions

ABSTRACT

79 cases with mammographically detected breast lesions were enrolled in this study. They are classified into 2 groups. Group 1 included 50 Asymptomatic patients, group 2 included 29 Symptomatising patients. Each patient is subjected to the following; complete physical examination, mammogram, FNAC, Tru cut screen-guided biopsy, excision biopsy, and axillary lymph node sampling. The study found that on mammographic base, 60.8% of clinically impalpable mammographically detected breast lesions are benign, and 39.2% are malignant, with B/M ratio of 1.5/1, 58.7% of mammographically detected opacities are benign, and 41.3% are malignant, with B/M ratio of 1.4/1, 63.3% of mammographically detected calcification are benign, and 36.7% are malignant, with B/M ratio of 1.7/1, 50% of mammographically detected parenchymal deformity are benign, and 50% are malignant, with B/M ratio of 1/1