COMPARISON OF BREAST CONSISTENCY AT PALPATION WITH BREAST DENSITY AT MAMMOGRAPHY

被引：11

作者：

BOREN, WL ^{[1
]}

HUNTER, TB ^{[1
]}

BJELLAND, JC ^{[1
]}

HUNT, KR ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] UNIV ARIZONA,MED CTR,DEPT RADIOL,1501 N CAMPBELL AVE,TUCSON,AZ 85724

来源：

INVESTIGATIVE RADIOLOGY | 1990年 / 25卷 / 09期

关键词：

Breast; Consistency; Density; Mammography; Palpation;

D O I：

10.1097/00004424-199009000-00011

中图分类号：

R8 [特种医学]; R445 [影像诊断学];

学科分类号：

1002 ; 100207 ; 1009 ;

摘要：

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. © Lippincott-Raven Publishers.

引用

页码：1010 / 1011

页数：2