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Volume 4 Issue 5 (September - October, 2016)

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Assessment of accuracy of mammography and ultrasound in women with breast symptoms- A comparative study
Pramod Kumar Dixit

Background: Breast cancer is among the most common causes of cancer deaths today, coming fifth after lung, stomach, liver and colon cancers. Mammography, although invaluable in a screening role, is not 'specific' enough for making a definitive preoperative diagnosis. Hence; the present study was undertaken for assessing the accuracy of mammography and ultrasound in women with breast symptoms. Materials & methods: A total of 150 women with breast symptoms were examined during the study period. Detection of breast lesions was done for detection of breast lesions, followed by mammography and ultrasound. Complete demographic details of all the patients were obtained. Conventional film-screen mammography was performed in all the patients. Ultrasound examinations were performed using a high-resolution unit. Histopathologic examination of all the patients was carried out by histopathologic method. All the results were recorded in Microsoft excel sheet and were analysed by SPSS software. Results: Overall sensitivity of mammography was found to be 53.2 percent whereas overall sensitivity of ultrasound was found to be 73.2 percent. Overall specificity of mammography was found to be 75.1 percent whereas overall sensitivity of ultrasound was found to be 87.4 percent. Significant results were obtained while comparing the sensitivity and specificity of mammography and ultrasound in detecting breast lesions. Conclusion: Accuracy of breast USG is higher in comparison to mammography in symptomatic women of less than 45 years of age. At the same time, sensitivity of mammography progressively improves among elderly women. Key words: Breast, Mammography, Ultrasound.

 
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