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Correlation Between Contrast-enhanced Ultrasound Characteristics (Qualitative and Quantitative) and Pathological
Irene Vraka1, Evangelia Panourgias1, Emmanouil Sifakis2
1Department of Radiology, Aretaieion Hospital, Department of Medicine, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Background/Aim:
Little is known about the correlation between contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) characteristics and pathological prognostic factors in breast cancer. The aim of this study was to explore the correlation between CEUS characteristics and pathological prognostic factors.
Patients And Methods:
A retrospective study with 34 malignant breast lesions was conducted. CEUS characteristics included qualitative characteristics (e.g. lesion's enhancement degree and order, internal lesion homogeneity etc.) and quantitative characteristics (e.g. peak intensity, time to peak etc.). Also, pathological prognostic factors were included (e.g. tumor grade, estrogen receptor status etc.).
Results:
Blurred lesion margins were observed more often in tumors of high histological grade (p=0.01) and in estrogen receptor-negative tumors (p=0.049). Furthermore, perilesional enhancement was associated with positive Ki-67 expression (p=0.049), while heterogeneous internal sentinel lymph node enhancement was associated with malignant infiltration of the node (p=0.002).
Conclusion:
CEUS has the potential to provide a prevision of pathological prognostic factors in malignant breast lesions, helping in the better early patient management.
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