The diagnostic performance of ultrasound in the detection of ectopic pregnancy.

Background: Accurate diagnosis of ectopic pregnancy is essential in reducing maternal mortality and morbidity. Transvaginal ultrasound (TVUS) is the accepted imaging modality of choice for the diagnosis of ectopic pregnancy (EP).

Aims: To assess the effectiveness of transvaginal ultrasound (TVUS) in the detection of EP in consecutive women presenting for ultrasound to a radiology department with a clinical suspicion of EP.

The challenge of imaging dense breast parenchyma: is magnetic resonance mammography the technique of choice? A comparative study with x-ray mammography and whole-breast ultrasound.

Purpose: To establish the value of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the breast in comparison to x-ray mammography and ultrasound for breast cancer evaluation in women with dense breast parenchyma.

Materials And Methods: Two hundred thirty-eight women with dense breast parenchyma who were suspicious for breast cancer or inconclusive for the presence of breast lesions based on clinical examination, ultrasound or x-ray mammography, and who underwent breast MRI at 1.5 T before and after administration of 0.

Secondary involvement of breast with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in a patient with HIV infection -- case report.

Secondary lymphoma of the breast is a rare entity in patients with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL). HIV infection is associated with an increased risk for developing NHL, however lymphomatous involvement of the breast in AIDS patients has rarely been reported. We present the case of a 33-year-old HIV-infected female patient with diffuse NHL who presented with a unilateral breast mass.