Validity of Ultrasound Elastography in the Assessment of Breast Lumps

Abstract

The current study was carried out for the purpose of verifying the validity of radiation in the assessment of breast lumps where the current study was in radiology department at Al-Sadir medical city in Al-Najaf governorate from August 2015 to November2015. A total of 33 patients (all were females) with palpable and non-palpable breast masses were examined by B-mode ultrasonography at the breast clinic andthen referred by their surgeon to the Doppler unit where BIRADS & sonographic elastography for the masses done for evaluation of benign and malignant criteria's of masses then FNAC or True-cut biopsy histopathology done as a gold standard test. Where the results of the current study that radiation plays a very important role in the evaluation of breast lumps and as mentioned in the results of this study.