Comparison of mammqgraphy, doppler sonography and fine needle aspiration cytology in evaluating breast masses

ABSTRACT

Mammography has proven to be the most important single method in the investigation of breast disease. Doppler sonography is a specific, non-invasive method for measuring tumor vascularity. To assess the validity of mammography and Doppler sonography in the diagnosis of breast masses. Radiology Department in Al- Zahrawi Teaching Hospital, Consultancy Clinic of Mosul University and AL- Batool Teaching Hospital, Hospital, Mosul. Sixty-five female patients who were referred for mammographic arid Doppler sonographic examination; the findings were compared with fine needle aspiration cytology. Sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy of both mammography and Doppler sonography. Chi squared test was used to test the difference between patients with benign and malignant masses. Benign masses were more common than malignant, constituting 70.4% of total sample. The accuracy of both mammography and Doppler sonography was 96.3% for malignant masses in comparison with fine needle aspiration cytology, which was 88,9%. The three diagnostic tools [mammography, Doppler sonography, and FNAC] remain the basic methods of investigating patients with breast mass