[Densitometric analysis of the mammograms in benign breast tumors]

Densitometry of roentgenograms was performed in 48 patients with benign tumors of mammary glands (16-cysts, 16-fibroadenomas, 16-phylloid fibroadenomas). The analysis of densitograms indicated that densitometry provides a more objective characteristic of the structure intensity of the shadow and distinctness of the pathological focus contour. Densitometric analysis of the roentgenological picture of cysts, fibroadenomas and phylloid fibroadenomas along with features common to these neoplasms enabled the recognition of a number of symptoms determining differences in their densitometric picture.