Contrast-enhanced ultrasound findings of breast cancer / 南方医科大学学报

ABSTRACT

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To study the manifestation of breast cancers of different sizes in contrast-enhanced sonography.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Eighty-four patients with breast cancers were examined by contrast-enhanced ultrasound. Among them, the tumor diameter was beyond 2.0 cm in 50 cases, and no greater than 2.0 cm in the rest cases. The time-intensity curve (TIC) on the enhanced images was analyzed quantitatively, and the relations between the type of TIC and the enhancement patterns of the tumors were analyzed.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>The enhancement patterns of the breast cancers showed significant difference between patients with tumor diameter beyond 2.0 cm and those with smaller tumors (P<0.01), but the other parameters were comparable between the two groups (P>0.05).</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>The enhancement patterns of breast cancers differ between tumors with sizes over 2.0 cm and smaller tumors, and differential analysis is suggested in the diagnosis of breast cancer using contrast-enhanced ultrasound.</p>