Analysis of CT and Mammography in Breast Masses
- VernacularTitle:乳腺肿块的CT和钼靶摄影分析
- Author:
Lianfa YANG
;
Yicheng LEI
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
breast;
mass;
tomography, X-ray computed;
mammography
- From:
Journal of Practical Radiology
2000;0(12):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To investigate the value of CT and mammography for diagnosing breast masses.Methods 61 cases with breast mass confirmed pathologically were studied comparatively. The diagnostic accuracy was compared between the two mentioned diagnostic methods.Results The qualitative accuracy of CT in diagnosis of breast cancer, galactocele, lipoma, fibroadenoma, gynecomastia, breast hyperplasia was 80%(8/10), 100%(2/2), 100%(1/1), 100%(27/27), 100%(7/7), 100%(14/14), respectively. The qualitative accuracy of mammography in diagnosis of the above lesions was 70%(7/10), 50%(1/2), 0%(0/1), 81%(22/27), 43%(3/7), 71%(10/14), respectively. In the cases of breast cancer, mammography could detect clustered microcalcification foci in 4 of the 10 cases(40%). But CT could detect none of them. Mammography was superior to CT in demonstrating cluster microcalcifications which are important basis for diagnosing breast cancer. The overall accuracy of CT and mammography for diagnosing breast masses were 97% and 71%.Conclusion CT has a higher accuracy than mammography in determining the nature of breast mass. The synthetic application of both the two methods may raise the diagnostic level for early stage breast cancer.
