BACKGROUNDBreast cancer is the most common malignant lesions in female population and which is diagnosed reliably with the help of imaging along tissue biopsy. In recent times, sonoelastography can minimize the chance of invasive investigation to diagnose breast cancer.

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BACKGROUNDBreast cancer is the most common malignant lesions in female population and which is diagnosed reliably with the help of imaging along tissue biopsy. In recent times, sonoelastography can minimize the chance of invasive investigation to diagnose breast cancer. METHODOLOGYThe study was conducted for the period from April 2014 to September 2015 over 200 patients, of which 50 had got breast lesions; 50 patients were evaluated by HRUS, Colour Doppler (CD), Sonoelastography (SE) and FNAC. The findings of SE were correlated with FNAC results. RESULTSNon-Malignant Cystic lesions were represented by Blue-Green-Red mosaic pattern on SE. SE Score IV and V are indicative of malignancy almost all the cases. The Sensitivity and Specificity of Sonoelastography of our study in predicting breast malignancy are respectively 87.5% and 92.85%. CONCLUSIONElastography could save thousands of women from the waiting, cost, discomfort and anxiety of a biopsy. KEYWORDS High Resolution Ultrasonography (HRUS), Colour Doppler (CD), Sonoelastography (SE), FNAC, Breast Malignancy, Space Occupying Lesions (SOL).HOW TO CITE THIS ARTICLE: Chakrabarti M, Md. Abdur Rahaman, Basu SP. Application of sonoelastography in reducing the invasive investigations to diagnose breast malignancy.