Purpose
Currently in Poland 12 000 women suffer from breast cancer; that number means the level of standardized coefficient amounting to 40,7/100 000.
For women aged from 50 to 69 years the screening MMG breast examinations is the first contact diagnostic method; it often is the first and in many cases,
the last form of breast diagnostics carried out in female patients within the above-mentioned age group.
Lesions that are radiologically suspicious in MMG examination are assessed in BI-RADS scale and are subjected to more detailed...
Methods and Materials
The research group consisted of 42 female patients from Silesia Province in whom during the MMG and USG examinations,
a suspicious lesion was found.
The selected patients were subjected to a MMG examination in MLO and CC projections,
as well as to an USG examination.
Lesions that were detected in patients during imaging were verified in a 2D,
DOPPLER and elastographic examinations.
Elastographic examination is based on a physical phenomenon described by Thomas Young,
who developed the theory of the transverse elasticity modulus.
Elastography is...
Results
Within the group of 42 female patients,
we found changes that had radiological features of malignant lesions and that in elastographic examination showed rich,
hard lumps in connective tissue.
In histotathological examination,
those lesions proved to be malignant ones.
In 19 patients,
the lesions proved to be benign.
After carrying out histopathological and elastographic examinations,
the results of both examinations were compiled in one table 1 and bar chart,
(Fig.
4,).
From the attached material it follows,
that within the group of 42 female patients,...
Conclusion
In assessment of the elasticity level,
the elastographic examination is an excellent complement to the basic USG examination,
allowing for carrying out an enhanced optical assessment of the tissue structure that meets the radiological features of a malignant lesion in USG and MMG examinations.
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Personal Information
Dominik Sieroń1
1.Breast Diagnostic Center in Mikołów,
Poland
Daniel Knap2
2.Department of Radiology and Interventional Radiology,
Medical University of Silesia,
Katowice,
Poland