Benign versus malignant nodular breast lesion by using elastosonography: preliminary report

Purpose: To assess the diagnostic accuracy of elastography in the characterization of nodular breast lesions. Material and Method: A sample of sixty-three patients with nodular lesions was analyzed between April and December 2007. The elastographic examinations were made using a Hitachi EUB8500 device. In the study were included the patients with a pathological diagnosis and/or patients with known nodular lesion stable for at least two years. Lesions were classified and scored and the sensibility and specificity of elastography calculated. The strain ratio of breast lesions (fat lesion ratio) was calculated by u…