A new radiological approach to cyclic mastalgia: venous doppler ultrasound
Zeynep Ilerisoy Yakut1, Hasan Kafali, Mustafa Karaoglanoglu
1Department of Radiology, School of Medicine, Fatih University, Cankaya Hospital, Yukariayranci/Ankara, Turkey.
Objective:
To evaluate the role of the venous system in cyclical mastalgia.
Materials And Methods:
25 healthy women and 39 women with cyclic mastalgia underwent venous Doppler examination in both pre- and postmenstrual period. Upper-outer quadrant veins of breast were evaluated. The impedance indices of both groups were compared in both the premenstrual and postmenstrual period.
Results:
During the premenstrual period, venous impedance indices were significantly higher in the patients with cyclic mastalgia (p=0.004) than in the control group. After the menstrual period, there was no difference in venous impedance indices between the groups.
Conclusion:
Excessive tissue oedema might be responsible for both a tension-mediated pain and a compression of the venous system thereby showing higher impedance than that in control group.
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