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- A study was conducted on 102 patients with breast tumors, out of which 40 were malignant, to assess the effectiveness of colour Doppler imaging.
- The study found that mammography missed 10% of malignant tumors, and only lesions confirmed by cytology or histology were included, leading to a high accuracy of colour Doppler with 97% sensitivity and specificity.
- Researchers suggested that colour Doppler should be utilized for evaluating suspicious lesions prior to invasive procedures like fine needle aspiration, potentially guiding surgical decisions for abnormal or previously treated areas.
Article Abstract
A prospective study was performed in 102 patients, including 40 malignant tumors (13 subclinical), to evaluate colour Doppler in breast tumours. All patients had abnormalities that led to their selection for this study. 92 patients had a mammographic examination. 10% of malignant tumours were not detected by mammography. Mammographic abnormalities without any ultrasonographic confirmation were excluded from this series. All the lesions have been proven by cytology or histology. In the assessment of malignancy only one false negative and two false positive results were obtained. The sensitivity and specificity of colour Doppler are both of 97% with radiate vessels beneath the tumour and intratumoral vessels as malignant criteria. This non invasive method should be performed in lesions with tissue ultrasonographic appearances even before fine needle puncture. So it may be possible to select more surgical indications considering an ultrasonographic abnormality atypical, subclinic or post-therapeutic (radiotherapy or surgery).
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