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The venous diameter ratio revisited— its significance in mammographic interpretation
Author(s) -
Raskin Michael M.,
Poole Darrell O.
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0142(197312)32:6<1357::aid-cncr2820320612>3.0.co;2-b
Subject(s) - medicine , vein , radiology , mammography , breast cancer , abnormality , mammary gland , nuclear medicine , cancer , surgery , psychiatry
The venous diameter ratio (ratio of the diameter of the largest vein in either breast to the diameter of a comparable vein in the opposite breast) was calculated from mammograms of 40 females (26 carcinomas and 14 benign tumors). The absolute vein diameter is unreliable, but a venous diameter ratio of 1.4:1, or greater, is a good indicator of abnormality. The detection of an increased venous diameter ratio, with or without an abnormal thermogram, should cause the radiologist to search the mammograms more carefully.