Skip to main content

Table 1 Summary of pathologic findings and performance of conventional ultrasound

From: The role of tissue elasticity in the differential diagnosis of benign and malignant breast lesions using shear wave elastography

Histopathological results

Conventional US BI-RADS category

No of lesions (%)

3

4A

4B

4C

5

6

Benign

30 (47.6)

      

Fibroadenoma

18 (60.0)

7

9

1

1

0

0

Fibroadenomatous Hyperplasia

3 (10.0)

1

0

1

1

0

0

Papilloma

3 (10.0)

1

0

2

0

0

0

Inflammation

2 (6.7)

0

1

1

0

0

0

Adenosis

4 (13.3)

0

1

2

1

0

0

Malignant

33 (52.4)

      

Mucinous Carcinoma

1 (3.0)

0

0

1

0

0

0

Infiltrating ductal carcinoma

25 (75.8)

1

 

3

5

11

5

Invasive lobular carcinoma

1 (3.0)

0

0

0

0

1

0

Papillary carcinoma

1 (3.0)

0

0

0

 

1

0

Ductal carcinoma in situ

5 (15.2)

0

0

0

4

 

1