[Infrared light scanning in differentiating benign and malignant breast diseases].
One hundred and fifty patients with various breast diseases were studied using infrared light scanning. The results were compared with those of X-ray mammography and BUS. In 42 cases of breast cancer, 97% were correctly diagnosed using infrared light scanning. The method was significantly superior to X-ray (60%) and BUS (83%). To detect benign diseases, including adenofibromas (30 cases) and hyperplasias (21 cases), infrared light scanning was useful in this series in contrast to X-ray and BUS.
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Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing.
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D000328:Adult; D001940:Breast / Q000473:pathology; D001941:Breast Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D005260:Female; D005350:Fibroma / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D006965:Hyperplasia / Q000175:diagnosis; D007259:Infrared Rays; D008327:Mammography; D008875:Middle Aged; D016217:Ultrasonography, Mammary