Follow-up of probably benign lesions in non-screening breast diagnostics.

Purpose: Our study addresses at the benefit of surveillance of probably benign lesions, detected outside mammographic screening, during a 3-year period.

Methods: 28,588 women (mean age 57 ± 12 years) were examined. Two independent radiologists read the mammogram as well as the supplemented ultrasound (in case of breast density ACR type 3 and 4).

Benefits of the quality assured double and arbitration reading of mammograms in the early diagnosis of breast cancer in symptomatic women.

Objectives: To address the benefits of double and arbitration reading regarding tumour detection rates, percentage of in situ tumours, and number (of patients) needed to send for expert reading (number needed to treat; NNT) for one additional tumour finding.

Methods: QuaMaDi is a quality assured breast cancer diagnosis programme; with two-view mammography (craniocaudal, mediolateral oblique) and, in case of breast density ACR 3 or 4, routine ultrasound imaging; and with independent double reading of all images. A consecutive sample of symptomatic women, i.

Breast abscess following nipple piercing: a case report and review of the literature.

Background: Nipple piercing gains popularity and social acceptance within the last years, especially among young people. The medical literature reports an increase of complications in the post-piercing period.

Case Report: We report a case of a young woman, who presented with a light enlargement of the right breast and tenderness in the retroareolar region following nipple piercing 5 months ago.

Heart rate recovery and oxygen kinetics after exercise in obstructive sleep apnea syndrome.

Background: Patients who suffer from obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) have a decreased exercise capacity and abnormal autonomic nervous function. However, the kinetics of early oxygen (O2) and heart rate recovery (HRR) have not been described.

Materials And Methods: We evaluated 21 men with moderate to severe OSA (mean age: 48 +/- 11 yrs, mean apnea-hypopnea index [AHI]: 55 +/- 13) and without known heart disease and 10 healthy men matched for age and body mass index (BMI; controls).

Radiofrequency ablation in breast tissue: experimental study for evaluation of radiofrequency effects in the bovine udder and review of the literature.

Purpose: To investigate the radiofrequency (RF) effects on the nonlactating and lactating ex vivo bovine udder as a model for normal breast tissue.

Materials And Methods: RF ablation in three lactating and three nonlactating ex vivo bovine udders (ie, six udders) was performed. The opening of the electrodes was 3 cm.

Magnetic resonance imaging of heterotaxis syndrome.

Failure to establish normal left-right body axis (LRA) formation during embryogenesis results in heterotaxis, a multi-malformation syndrome. We report on a 20-year-old young woman who presented to the emergency room with upper abdominal pain. On chest X-ray, dextrocardia was noted.

Malignant hemangiopericytoma of the breast: a case report with a review of the literature.

Introduction: A hemangiopericytoma of the breast is uncommon, and a hemangiopericytoma of the breast is even rarer. Only a few cases of hemangiopericytoma of the breast have been reported in literature.

Case Report: Here, we report a case of a 66-year-old woman who presented with a mass in her left breast.

"Hippocrates-mst": a prototype for computer-aided microcalcification analysis and risk assessment for breast cancer.

One of the most common cancer types among women is breast cancer. Regular mammographic examinations increase the possibility for early diagnosis and treatment and significantly improve the chance of survival for patients with breast cancer. Clustered microcalcifications have been considered as important indicators of the presence of breast cancer.