| Autor: |
Kuijpers TJ; Department of Radiology, Dr. Daniel den Hoed Cancer Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands., Obdeijn AI, Kruyt RH, Oudkerk M |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Zdroj: |
Ultrasound in medicine & biology [Ultrasound Med Biol] 1994; Vol. 20 (6), pp. 517-20. |
| DOI: |
10.1016/0301-5629(94)90087-6 |
| Abstrakt: |
In this prospective study, duplex Doppler ultrasound was used in 95 consecutive patients with solid breast masses to evaluate the presence of neovascular flow. A positive Doppler signal, i.e., a Doppler shift frequency of more than 1 kHz using a 5 MHz insonating frequency, was found in 34 of 57 patients with a carcinoma, and also in three patients with a benign condition. These results indicate that negative findings with pulsed Doppler ultrasound cannot be used to exclude malignancy. However, a frequency shift of more than 1 kHz indicates a high probability for malignancy. In our study a high frequency shift was not related to tumor size. We also evaluated the correlation between a high frequency shift and axillary nodal metastasis. According to our results there is a very low chance of axillary metastasis when no high frequency shifts are found. |
| Databáze: |
MEDLINE |
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