Georgieva, M. and Prantl, L. and Utpatel, K. and Wiesinger, I and Stroszczynski, C. and Jung, F. and Jung, E. M. (2019) Diagnostic performance of ultrasound strain elastography for differentiation of malignant breast lesions. CLINICAL HEMORHEOLOGY AND MICROCIRCULATION, 71 (2). pp. 237-247. ISSN 1386-0291, 1875-8622
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OBJECTIVE: Objective of the study was to assess the performance of ultrasound strain elastography combined with conventional B-mode ultrasound to diagnose suspicious breast lesions (BI-RADS 4 and 5). METHODS: Between January 2015 and December 2017, a total of 86 patients (55 +/- 17.9 years) with solid or unclear, non-cystic breast lesions were enrolled in the study. The breast lesions were evaluated by B-mode ultrasound and subsequent ultrasound strain elastography. Ultrasound features including echo pattern, lesion shape, marginal characteristics, calcifications, orientation and posterior features are useful for differentiating benign breast lesions from malignant ones. Malignant ultrasound features are irregular shape, hypoechoic pattern, spiculated margin, nonparallel orientation and posterior shadowing. Lesions with benign features such a circumscribed margin were classified as low conspicuous. In patients with highly conspicuous malignant masses ultrasound-guided core needle biopsy or surgical excision was performed. RESULTS: Among the 86 patients, 60 masses were histologically proven and 36 of these were malignant. Of the malignant lesions 26 invasive carcinomas were of no special type (NST), 1 invasive lobular carcinoma, 3 ductal carcinomas in situ and 6 metastases. 20 of these patients had breast density classified as ACR 3 or 4. The mean size of the masses was 1.2 cm (range: 0.5-5 cm). Based on ultrasound B-mode imaging, the lesions were classified as BI-RADS category 4 (n= 20; three 4a, nine 4b and eight 4c) and BI-RADS category 5 (n= 16). One patient had to be reclassified after strain elastographxy to BI-RADS 3. The sensitivity of ultrasound with strain elastography and additional B-Mode ultrasound for the characterization of solid breast lesions was 97%, for conventional B-mode alone 92%; the respective specificities were 82% and 73%, respectively. CONCLUSION: Ultrasound elastography can be a supplementary approach to conventional ultrasound to improve the diagnostic accuracy of malignant breast lesions.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | CLINICAL-EXPERIENCE; US; BENIGN; ELASTICITY; MASSES; Breast lesions; ultrasound; elastography; breast imaging reporting and data system; invasive carcinoma of no special type (NST) |
| Subjects: | 600 Technology > 610 Medical sciences Medicine |
| Divisions: | Medicine > Lehrstuhl für Pathologie Medicine > Lehrstuhl für Röntgendiagnostik Medicine > Zentren des Universitätsklinikums Regensburg > Zentrum für Plastische-, Hand- und Wiederherstellungschirurgie |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Gernot Deinzer |
| Date Deposited: | 22 Apr 2020 05:34 |
| Last Modified: | 22 Apr 2020 05:34 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/27828 |
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