Ultrasound Characterization Of Benign Breast Masses: A Review

Abstract

A lump in the breast in any age group of women leads to the great anxiety. High frequency, high-resolution USG helps in its evaluation. However, it could be difficult to distinguish all benign from all malignant solid breast masses using USG criteria. Short-interval follow-up can be suggested. Ultrasound breast can also identified unsuspected occult masses in mammographicaly heterogeneous parenchyma breast. Various studies in past had discussed differentiating features b/w benign and malignant breast lesion. The American College of Radiology classified the breast masses in BIRADS-US classification. An exploration of literature search was determined utilizing the electronic databases of Pub Med, Google scholar, Elsevier from 200 to 2016 for English-language articles. The search terms utilized were breast masses. The titles and abstract of articles were evaluated Entire text and reviews were appraised when the abstracts meet to the inclusion criterion. This review included all articles that were used for the advancement of information about breast masses. Key Words: Breast ultrasound, Breast mass, ACR BIRADS-US criteria