Ultrasonic Mammography Parenchymal Patterns: A Preliminary Report

1 February 1979

journal article
research article
Published by Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) in Radiology

Vol. 130 (2) , 515-517
https://doi.org/10.1148/130.2.515

Abstract

Ultrasound was suggested as a lower risk alternative to mammography for detecting breast abnormalities [including cancer]. Mammograms and ultrasonograms of 32 women patients were compared, revealing 3 distinct ultrasonic parenchymal patterns which corresponded to previously reported mammographic patterns: fatty(N1), ductal (P1 or P2) and dysplastic (DY). These constitute a new system of parenchymal classification.

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