The imaging findings and diagnostic value of radiology modalities to assess breast malignancy among women aged younger than 30 years.

Background: Breast cancer mainly affects women aged >50 years; however, younger women may also have advanced breast cancer, so early detection is important.

Purpose: To collect and review the imaging findings of women aged <30 years with breast cancer to find better diagnostic approaches for the early diagnosis of breast cancer in young women.

Material And Methods: In this study, 45 patients aged <30 years with a diagnosis of breast cancer were evaluated.

Mediastinal lymphadenopathy in pediatric tuberculosis in computed tomography scan.

Background/objectives: Pediatric tuberculosis is usually a primary infection presenting mainly as mediastinal or hilar adenopathy in computed tomography (CT) scan. In this study, we study the distribution and other CT scan characteristics of mediastinal lymphadenopathy in childhood tuberculosis.

Methods: Chest CT scans of 75 cases of pediatric tuberculosis at Masih Daneshvari Hospital in Tehran, Iran, from 2009 to 2013 were studied regarding characteristics of mediastinal lymphadenopathy.