Open AccessDoppler evaluation of breast solid masses differentiation of benign and malignant masses role of resistive index
Author(s) -
Sadaf Batool,
A. Shaukat,
Zafarul Ahsan Saima Batool,
Ayesha Siddiqa,
Afshan Qureshi,
Kaleem Ahmad,
Mumtaz Nawaz Anjum
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
annals of king edward medical university
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2079-7192
pISSN - 2079-0694
DOI - 10.21649/akemu.v12i2.915
Subject(s) - vascularity , medicine , resistive index , malignancy , power doppler , radiology , duplex ultrasonography , doppler effect , color doppler , pathology , ultrasonography , physics , astronomy
Objective: To know the usefulness of color and spectral doppler in evaluation of solid breast masses using vascularity and resistive index. Material and methods: We performed duplex doppler sonography on 100 patients presenting with breast mass. Resistive index and vascularity of the vessels were detected and analyzed and correlated with histopathological results. Results: 70% of the benign lesions were found having ri below 0.8 and 45 out of 50 patients had low vascularity.43 malignant lesions had high vascularity and 80% had ri above 0.8. Conclusion: High flow visualization on power doppler and indicates a higher possibility of malignancy lesions with ri greater than 0.8 gives high probability of malignancy.