RT Book, Section
A1 Staren, Edgar D.
A2 Kuerer, Henry M.
SR Print(0)
ID 6411261
T1 Chapter 31B. Screening Breast Ultrasound
T2 Kuerer's Breast Surgical Oncology
YR 2010
FD 2010
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-160178-8
LK accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=6411261
RD 2024/04/20
AB For  at  least  2  decades,  the  role  of  breast  ultrasound  (US)  has  continued  to  evolve.  Initially  proposed  to  differentiate  the  cystic  versus  solid  nature  of  indeterminate  masses  identified  on  mammogram,  the  indications  have  grown  to  include  evaluation  of  palpable  breast  masses,  pregnancy  and  lactation,  postoperative  follow-up  for  hematomas,  seromas,  prosthesis,  and  recurrence,  evaluation  of  axillary  lymph  nodes,  US-guided  interventions:  cyst  aspiration,  biopsy  of  solid  lesions,  needle  localization,  and  most  recently,  screening,  especially  of  the  high-risk  and/or  dense  breast.1