[Detection of invasive breast lobular carcinoma by image analysis: comparison between mammography and ultrasound].

Background: Early detection of lobular cancer has for long implied a challenge for diagnostic imaging due to the peculiar histology it presents that makes clinical and radiology detection rather difficult.

Objective: The aim of our study was to compare the sensitivity and specificity of mammography and ultrasound for the diagnosis of invasive breast lobular carcinoma.

Material And Methods: This is a retrospective study of women with histopathological diagnosis of invasive breast lobular carcinoma in the period between September 2006 and August 2009.