Assessment of ultrasound features and BI-RADS categories of malignant breast masses in Women â�¤ 40

Gity, M.
Jafari, M.
Olfatbakhsh, A.
Kalantari, K.R.
Hashemi, E.
Sari, F.

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January 2021

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Background: To evaluate ultrasound (US) characteristics and BI-RADS (Breast imaging-reporting and data system) of malignant breast masses in women <40 years and to compare with older patients. Methods: In a retrospective, descriptive-analytical study, we assessed the US images and BI-RADS category of 78 malignant masses with a final pathology of invasive ductal carcinoma (IDC, NOS type). Results: Overall, the most frequent US descriptors of IDC were indistinct margin (45), irregular shaped (63.5), posterior shadowing (38.8), heterogeneous internal echogenicity (56.3) and non-parallel orientation (76.3). In this study, most malignant masses of young patients were categorized as BI-RADS 4a while in the older patients (over 40), they were most...

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Assessment of ultrasound features and BI-RADS categories of malignant breast masses in Women â�¤ 40

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