Abstract

Introduction: Ultrasound is a useful adjunct to mammography for diagnosis &management of benign and malignant breast disease. Modern breast USG is an established, ideal and accurate tool for the investigation and characterization of breast lumps. It also compliments X-ray mammography in further evaluation and diagnosis of breast masses and thus avoids unnecessary breast surgeries in benign conditions. We present a case series of 50 patients with ultrasound findings in various breast lumps.

Aims & Objective: In this study we planned to evaluate breast lumps with USG examination.

Material & Methodology: The present study was conducted in the Department of Radio-diagnosis, Patna medical college, patna. Patients under study were referred from the department of Surgery, Oncology and gynecology & obstetrics. Patients included for study were evaluated by Clinical and Ultrasound examination. Most of the cases were already confirmed on histopathological examination.

Result: On examination distribution of lesions was found to be Fibroadenoma, Fibrocystic breast disease, cystosarcoma phyllodes, Breast abscess, Invasive ductal carcinoma, Simple breast cyst, Ductal ectasia, Mastitis, Invasive lobular carcinoma, Galactocele, Oil cyst, Intraductal papilloma.

Conclusion: Sonomammography is a very dynamic and powerful tool for the evaluation of different breast lumps. It considerably improves the visualization and evaluation of tumors in radiodense breasts as well it improves the specificity of mammography when used to complement X-ray mammography.