| Autor: |
Boren WL; University of Arizona, Department of Radiology, Tucson 85724., Hunter TB, Bjelland JC, Hunt KR |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Zdroj: |
Investigative radiology [Invest Radiol] 1990 Sep; Vol. 25 (9), pp. 1010-1. |
| DOI: |
10.1097/00004424-199009000-00011 |
| Abstrakt: |
Palpable breast consistency on physical examination was compared with the breast density on mammography for 909 consecutive patients. One of two experienced nurse practitioners palpated each patient's breasts and assigned a consistency value of 1 (little palpable breast consistency) to 4 (maximal palpable breast consistency). Seven mammographers rated the breast density on mammography as either fatty, mild, moderate, or marked parenchymal density for each breast. A low statistical correlation between the two parameters was shown. Thirty-seven percent of markedly dense breasts on mammography was rated only 1 or 2 on palpation. Thus, breast consistency judged by palpation cannot be directly correlated with the density shown on mammography and cannot be used to predict optimal radiographic technique. |
| Databáze: |
MEDLINE |
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