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Keywords:
Breast, Mammography, Diagnostic procedure, Technical aspects, Neoplasia
Authors:
N. Prvulovic Bunovic, M. Prvulovic, D. Djilas, K. Koprivsek; Sremska Kamenica/RS
DOI:
10.1594/ecr2014/C-1905
Aims and objectives
According to the recommendations of the American College of Radiology (ACR) we accepted BIRADS (Breast Imaging Reporting and Data System) as a quality assurance tooland standardized mammography reports.
Each lesion was classified according to BI RADS descriptors for masses (margins and shape) and calcifications (morphology and distribution) and was categorized by the BI RADS final assessment categories (numeric value 0-6).
All breast findings should be differentiated in terms of benign or malignant,
and the final impression needs to clearly state the degree of suspicion for malignancy and offer recommendations for further management based on the BI RADS classification.In BI RADS 3 category which is "probably benign" we classified breast changes or lesions with a probability of benign nature in 98 percent or more and all these cases were followed up by mammography at 6 months period.
Mammography is the primary imaging modality in the evaluation of breast lesions,
especially cancers.
In the detection and characterisation of benign masses it usually required additional mammographic views or further research by other imaging modality.
Tomosynthesis (TS) is new diagnostic techniques in breast evaluations with a promising role in rising sensitivity and specificity of digital mammography (DM).
The purpose of this study was to assessed the diagnostic significance of tomosynthesis after digital mammography detected BIRADS 3 lesions.