Role of ultrasonography in detecting mammographically occult breast carcinoma in women with dense breasts.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to assess the usefulness of routine ultrasonography in women with negative mammography and dense breasts [Breast Imaging Reporting and Data System (BIRADS D3-4)].

Materials And Methods: We applied a protocol involving routine ultrasonography in a consecutive series of subjects with negative mammography and dense breasts. After evaluation by internal and external reviewers of cancers detected by ultrasonography performed to confirm negative mammography, we determined the additional cancer detection rate of ultrasonography and the cost of the protocol.

[Is mammography useful in the detection of breast cancer in women 35 years of age or younger?].

Breast cancer in women 35 years old or younger is unusual. It accounts for 1-3.6% of all breast cancers but is the leading cause of cancer mortality in women 15-35 years old.

[Malignant mesothelioma of the pleura: correlations between thoracoscopy and radiology].

The frequency of malignant pleural mesothelioma has increased greatly in the past three decades; it is a tumor of great clinical, epidemiologic and therapeutical interest. Therapy should not be started before the tumor has been correctly diagnosed and staged with thoracoscopy and computed tomography (CT) which have replaced plain chest radiography. To help optimize the combination of these techniques, the authors report on their experience in 37 patients examined with conventional radiology and then with thoracoscopy.

[A high-resolution computed tomographic study of the pulmonary interstitium in systemic autoimmune diseases].

This study was aimed at assessing the diagnostic capabilities of radiologic imaging in systemic autoimmune diseases. Forty-one patients (37 women and 4 men, mean age: 57.9 years, range: 37-73) were examined: 17 of them had rheumatoid arthritis, 8 Sjögren's syndrome, 11 progressive systemic sclerosis, 3 systemic lupus erythematosus, 1 mixed connective tissue disease and 1 undifferentiated connective tissue disease.