Differential Modialities to Investigates Breast

Authors: Dr. Heba Abbas, Prof. Dr. Amira Hamed, Dalia Abou Taleb*

Affiliations: Researcher, Head of Radiodiagnosis in October Sixth University; Dalia Abou Taleb reader in October Sixth University plus Assistant Lecturer MISR University for Science and Technology (MUST), Radiologic Technologist in Cleopatra Hospitals Group (CHG)

Citation: Dalia Abou Taleb (2019), Differential Modialities to Investigates Breast. Radiology Open Access Jounal, 1(1); 1

Copyright: © 2019, Dalia AT. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 international License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. 

ABSTRACT

Breast investigations are considered one of the most important investigations throughout female imaging study... a lot of modalities are included in breast evaluation which are so important in early detection of different pathology and for check-up of any Symptomatic woman, one of the most considered and prevalent issue in breast study is studying breast cancer which is the most prevalent cancer among women. Mammography is the most effective method and is the only technique that has proved capable of detecting and characterizing small and in situ breast cancers in asymptomatic women it is able to detect microcalcifications that may be the earliest sign of ductal carcinoma in some women. Ultrasound is an available modality, economic, non-invasive and has no radiation hazards. It is useful in determining if a mass is cystic or solid, it gives the accurate size of breast mass, can detect masses even in dense breast. Three-Dimensional ultrasound gives more confidence an differentiation between benign and malignant masses as volumetric study can evaluate surface features of the mass. Color Doppler is very helpful in differentiation of breast cancer from other breast lesions as the malignant lesions tend to produce angiogenesis factors that give the mass high vascularity, tortuous vessels around. Enhanced MRI has many superior advantages it has no ionizing radiation, any image plane is possible, more than 90% sensitivity to invasive carcinoma, chest wall visualization and accurate size estimation with three-dimensional mapping. Breast Scintigraphy can detect breast masses that are difficult to be evaluated by mammography, dense breast and breast with scar tissue, poorly defined masses not detected by mammography and post lumpectomy residual malignant tissue or multi-focal residual disease. CT scan with high resolution and intravenously administered iodinated contrast may play a role in the future as a lower- cost alternative to gadolinium-enhanced MR.

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