A study of mammographic appearance of the breast diseases
10.3348/jkrs.1985.21.4.581
- Author:
Kil Ho CHO
;
Kyung Hee JUNG
;
Mi Soo HWANG
;
Jae Chun CHANG
;
Myung Se KIM
;
Min Chul SHIM
;
Hyun Sik MIN
- Publication Type:Original Article
- MeSH:
Biopsy;
Breast Diseases;
Breast Neoplasms;
Breast;
Diagnosis;
Humans;
Mammography;
Methods;
Nuclear Medicine;
Thermography;
Transillumination;
Ultrasonography;
Xeroradiography
- From:Journal of the Korean Radiological Society
1985;21(4):581-591
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
The history of the radiological examination of the breast has been long, and recently the methods forexamining the breast are variable: mammography, thermography, xeroradiography, ultrasonography, water-pathsonography, transillumination, mammary C.T., M.R. Imaging, infra-red scanning, nuclear medicine, andgalactography. Most of these methods were not proven or have not been satisfied on their clinical testing butconventional mammography has been the gold standard for diagnosis of the breast cancer and no other method hasreached its effectiveness. The authors performed mammography in 488 patiens with breast abnormalities who hadvisited to Yeung Nam University hospital form May, 1983 to Dec. 1984. And we analyzed the mammographic findingsand diagnostic accuracy in pathologically confirmed 53 cases by operations or biopsies. The results are asfollows: 1. Among 16 cases of breast malignancies, (1) the most prevalent age group is 6th decade(37.5%), followedby 5th decade(31.3%), (2) the most common pathologic type is ductal carcinoma(93.75%), (3) the masses are largerthan 2cm, in 8 cases, smaller than 2cm. in 5 cases, and no visible mass is observed in 3 cases. 2. Among 37 casesof benign breast diseases, (1) the most prevalent age group is 4th & 5th decades(each11 cases), and followed by3rd decade(8 cases), (2) the most common disease is benign tumor (17 casees), followed by fibrocystic dysplasia(13cases), and inflammating disease(7 cases). (3) radiologically visible masses are observed in 16 cases and themasses are smaller than 2cm. in 11 cases. 3. the diagnostic accuracy of mammography compared with that ofpathology, (1) in malignancy, the accuracy rate is 75%(12/16 cases), and 87%(32/37 cases) in benign diseases. (2)avearage accuracy rate is 81%(44/53 cases).
