Keywords:
Breast, Mammography, MR, Ultrasound, Comparative studies, Cancer
Authors:
L. Kovačević, S. Barsic Ostojic, M. Prutki; Zagreb/HR
DOI:
10.26044/ecr2021/C-11879
Conclusion
Our results have shown that SV underperforms breast ultrasound within the standard diagnostic algorithm in case of a BI-RADS 3-5 assessment observed on SV. Nevertheless, in the case of a BI-RADS 1-2 assessment, SV may reduce the need for breast ultrasound. Furthermore, as SV resulted in better diagnostic performance than digital breast tomosynthesis on our dataset, it can be considered as an option in a case digital breast tomosynthesis is not available. Also, we would like to emphasize that we are aware that the results of the studies mentioned in the introductory part are not consistent with our results. By analyzing our results, we concluded that our study has limitations that are primarily due to limited experience in patient positioning and small sample size.
SUMMARY STATEMENT: Comparison of digital breast tomosynthesis, breast ultrasound and spot compression view over 62 patients having mammographically detected noncalcified abnormality confirmed that breast ultrasound is an indispensable part of the diagnostic algorithm in the case of BI-RADS 3-5 findings observed on SV.