Axillary high resolution ultrasound in preoperative assessment of patients with breast carcinoma

Aim: The importance of axillary sonographic evaluation in patients with BIRADS 6 lesions, using a retrospective analysis of ultrasound morphologic criteria for lymph node metastases correlated to the postoperative histologic results. Methods: High resolution bilaterally axillary ultrasound was performed for preoperative assessment in 105 patients with FNA or core biopsy confirmed breast carcinoma. The sonographic positive lymph nodes were considered using 3 morphologic criteria: mass-like appearance, focal cortical thickening and diffuse cortical thickening, greater than 3mm with hilum preservation. The results…