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1Istituto di Radiologia Diagnostica ed Interventistica, Università di Torino, ASO San Giovanni Battista di Torino, Sede Molinette, Via Genova 3, 10126, Torino, Italy. elisa.regini@libero.it
Purpose:
This study was performed to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of sonoelastography in differentiating and characterising nodular breast lesions.
Materials And Methods:
A total of 120 nodular lesions diagnosed on mammography and/or ultrasonography in 110 women (mean age 51.27 years) were evaluated with sonoelastography and classified according to elasticity score (S1-S5). Needle biopsy was performed in 104/120 cases, whereas 16/120 were sent for follow-up. Sensitivity and specificity of sonoelastography were determined by taking biopsy findings as the gold standard.
Results:
Biopsy yielded the following results: 66 benign, three equivocal and 35 malignant lesions. Sensitivity and specificity of sonoelastography were, respectively, 88.5% and 92.7%. All nodules with an elasticity score of 5 were malignant, and those with a score
Conclusions:
The use of sonoelastography to complement mammography and ultrasonography could help in the differential diagnosis of nodular breast lesions, especially in Breast Imaging Reporting Data System (BI-RADS) 3 lesions with marked elasticity (S