The effectiveness of power Doppler vocal fremitus imaging in the diagnosis of breast hamartoma

• Published in: Medical ultrasonography Vol. 16; no. 3; p. 201
• Main Authors: Yildiz, Seyma, Bakan, Ayse Ahsen, Aydın, Sinem, Kadıoglu, Huseiyn, Serter, Asli, Bilgin, Sennur, Alkan, Alpay
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Romania Romanian Society of Ultrasonography in Medicine and Biology 01.09.2014
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Breast Diseases - diagnostic imaging; Breast Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging; Diagnosis, Differential; Female; Hamartoma - diagnostic imaging; Humans; Middle Aged; Prospective Studies; Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color; Ultrasonography, Mammary; Young Adult

To evaluate the usefulness of power Doppler vocal fremitus (PDVF) breast sonography for differentiation of hamartomas from other breast (malign or benign) masses. Two hundred and six breast masses in 180 women were evaluated. The breast lesions were scanned first by mammography (MG), then by ultraso...