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To Evaluate The Role Of Sonography As An Adjunct To Mammography In Women With Dense Breasts, Imrana Masroor, Mohammad Nadeem Ahmed, Sajida Pasha May 2009

To Evaluate The Role Of Sonography As An Adjunct To Mammography In Women With Dense Breasts, Imrana Masroor, Mohammad Nadeem Ahmed, Sajida Pasha

Department of Radiology

OBJECTIVE: To assess the role of sonography as an adjunct to mammography in women with dense breast tissue by determining yield and validity of sonography using histopathology/follow-up mammography as gold standard.

METHODS: It was a descriptive analytical study conducted at the Radiology Department of Aga Khan University Hospital, from September 2005 to April 2007. A total of 76, mammographically dense breasts were evaluated with ultrasound. Of these 32 had palpable lumps on mammography, and were excluded from the study. A total of 44 patients had either symptoms of vague nodularity, nipple discharge, mastalgia or had no symptoms and the mammograms …