[Ultrasonography of the breast].
Mammography, which is the first-choice examination for breast disease, has some limitations despite recent technical improvement, which has lead to better image quality and reduced x-ray exposure. It is less accurate in dense breasts, which are sometimes difficult to read and in which a palpable lesion or an infraclinical cancer is often not recognized. In such cases, ultrasonography is very useful and should be used as the second examination technique. Breast sonography done by a skilled sonographer with a good equipment can raise the accuracy for benign or malignant breast lesions.
Fournier
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Institut de radiologie et d'imagerie médicale, Sion.
Androux
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D001941:Breast Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008327:Mammography; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D016217:Ultrasonography, Mammary / Q000379:methods*
Ultrasonographie in der Senologie.