title: [Ultrasonic examination of the breast].
abstract: Ultrasonography can be a valuable adjunct to mammography in the evaluation of breast pathology. Breast sonography can differentiate a cyst from a tumour. Fibroadenomas and carcinomas can often present characteristic ultrasonic features but, as a rule, ultrasonography does not give a confident diagnosis of benign or malignant tumour. Ultrasound-guided needle biopsies and preoperative localization of non-palpable lesions can be performed. Breast sonography should be regarded as an adjunct to mammography. The practical role of ultrasonography in a breast-imaging centre will depend on the quality of the triple diagnostics.
authors.affiliation: Røntgenavdelingen, Ullevål sykehus, Oslo.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Skaane
mesh_terms: D000232:Adenofibroma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D000328:Adult; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008327:Mammography; D008875:Middle Aged; D016217:Ultrasonography, Mammary
vernacular_title: Ultralydundersøkelse av brystet.