Cardiac Masses and Pseudomasses: An Overview about Diagnostic Imaging and Clinical Background.

A cardiac lesion detected at ultrasonography might turn out to be a normal structure, a benign tumor or rarely a malignancy, and lesion characterization is very important to appropriately manage the lesion itself. The exact relationship of the mass with coronary arteries and the knowledge of possible concomitant coronary artery disease are necessary preoperative information. Moreover, the increasingly performed coronary CT angiography to evaluate non-invasively coronary artery disease leads to a rising number of incidental findings.

2D shear wave elastography in evaluation of prognostic factors in breast cancer.

Purpose: To evaluate the reproducibility of the 2D shear wave elastography (2D-SWE) method and to identify the prognostic factors of breast lesions.

Methods: In this prospective study, 44 female patients were consecutively included from January 2020 to September 2021. All patients showing visible masses at B-mode ultrasound underwent to clinical evaluation, followed by qualitative and quantitative 2D-SWE by two different operators with over 15-year and 2-year experience, respectively.

Invasive ductal carcinoma mammographic findings: Correlation with age, breast composition and tumor size.

Background/objective: The aim of this study was to identify the mammographic findings associated with malignancy in different age groups, taking into account breast composition (BC) and lesion size.

Methods: Preoperative mammograms of 1023 invasive ductal carcinomas were retrospectively evaluated. According to the American College of Radiology Breast Imaging Reporting and Data System, cancer mammographic findings were classified as mass, calcifications, architectural distortion and asymmetry, and breasts were assessed as non-dense (A or B BC) and dense (C or D BC).

Invasive lobular carcinoma mammographic findings: correlation with age, breast composition, and tumour size.

Purpose: The aim of this study was to evaluate mammographic findings associated with invasive lobular carcinoma in different age groups, taking into account breast composition and tumour size.

Material And Methods: A total of 1023 invasive lobular carcinoma preoperative mammograms were evaluated. According to the American College of Radiology Breast Imaging Reporting and Data System, cancer mammographic findings were classified as mass, calcifications, architectural distortion, and asymmetry, and breasts were assessed as dense (C or D breast composition) or non-dense (A or B).

Low diffusion level within a fibroadenoma as the sole sign of ductal carcinoma in situ: A case report.

We present a case of ductal carcinoma in situ within a fibroadenoma. Breast cancer arising within fibroadenoma incidence ranges from 0.125% to 0.