A telephone-administered survey asked about breast cancer risk factors (family history, estrogen use, physical inactivity, age of menarche, age at birth of first child, parity, alcohol use), and self-reported use of diagnostic tests (follow-up mammogram, breast ultrasound, or biopsy). Results:...
If you're not nursing, you should contact your health care provider any time you notice a breast discharge. Based on your symptoms and the results of diagnostic tests, your doctor will decide on the best course of treatment. Types of Nipple Discharge ...
All patients with US detected lesions had negative non-fatty mammogram. Lesions with category 3 (n= 224), atypical ductal hyperplasia (n=20), and larger than 3.0cm (n=13) were excluded. A total of 864 lesions (mean size 1.0cm, range 0.3 - 3.0cm; BI-RADS category 4a /4b /4c /5;...
Ultrasound (US) was done as a complementary examination for all patients with an otherwise normal or benign findings on mammogram, US was done as a first diagnostic modality in patients under age of thirty. Fifty-one patients were recalled for further US guided FNAC. The other 9 patients had...