Value of an expanded range of lesions on contrast-enhanced ultrasound for the diagnosis of hypervascular breast masses.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Breast cancer lesions show an expanded range on contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS). Here, we quantitatively analyze this index to explore its effective cutoff value for distinguishing benign and malignant lesions and the corresponding diagnostic performance and investigate its role in prognostic assessment of malignant lesions.

Methods

Consecutive patients who underwent CEUS for breast lesions during the period from September 2017 to June 2019 were included. Original CEUS images were selected, displayed in dual-frame mode, and measured when enhancement of the lesion reached its peak. The longitudinal diameter, transverse diameter, and area of the lesion on the two-dimensional images and the corresponding postenhancement images were measured to calculate six indic

SUBMITTER: Jia C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10333763 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature