diagnostic efficiency of ultrasound and mammography in the evaluation of breast masses correlated with histopathology

ABSTRACT

To evaluate the role of mammosonography and mammography and histopathological correlation in assessment of the breast masses. We had studied a totally forty female patients with breast complaint either breast lump [36 cases] or other breast symptoms [fever, pain and discharges] 14 cases. All patients attended to radio-diagnosis departments of Sayed Galal hospital. Mammography and mammosonography were done in all cases to evaluate the specificity and sensitivity of both technique in correlation to the histopathological results [either fine needle, core biopsy or excision biopsy]. Forty patients with breast lesion were examined, 25 patients were benign [16 cases fibroadenoma 64%, 4 cases abscess 16%, 2 cases simple cyst 8%, 2 cases galactocele 8%, and 1 case duct ectasia 4%] and 15 patients were malignant, 13% cases infiltrating ductal carcinoma represent 86.6%, 1 case infiltrating lobular 6.6% and 1 case medullary type represents 6.6%. Combined use of mammography and sonomammography has a valuable role in diagnosis and management of breast lesion and can differentiate between benign and malignant lesions, however histopathology and its role can significantly reduce the need for surgery in breast lump