Ultrasound in breast carcinoma: what are we looking at? A sonographic/pathological correlation

被引:3
作者
Blunt, DM
Sansom, HE
Nasiri, N
Moskovic, EC
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[1] Royal Marsden Hosp, Dept Radiol, London SW3 6JJ, England
[2] Royal Marsden Hosp, Dept Histopathol, London SW3 6JJ, England
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10.1016/S0960-9776(98)90028-5
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R73 [肿瘤学];
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100214 ;
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This study was undertaken to investigate the relationship between ultrasound-determined tumour size and morphology, and tumour histopathology in 78 patients with breast carcinoma. in 54 cases, the ultrasound and histopathological measurements differed by 3 mm or less. In 15 cases where ultrasound overestimated the size, histological changes around the invasive tumour explained this. In 6 cases where ultrasound underestimated size, lesions were poorly defined and histology was complex, often with multifocal invasive tumour. Ultrasound gives a good assessment of breast cancer size. Careful analysis may explain the discrepancies and allow more accurate information to be communicated to the surgeon.
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页码:156 / 161
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