Role of Breast Sonography in Imaging of Adolescents with Palpable Solid Breast Masses

Role of Breast Sonography in Imaging of Adolescents with Palpable Solid Breast Masses
Aruna Vade, Vaishali S. Lafita, Kathleen A. Ward, Jennifer E. Lim-Dunham, and Davide Bova
AJR 2008;191:659-663

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OBJECTIVE.
The purpose of this study was to assess the role of sonography in the diagnosis and management of palpable solid breast masses in adolescents and to correlate the sonographic findings with the histopathologic findings and clinical outcome.

CONCLUSION.
Sonography was not useful for predicting the histologic diagnosis of all solid benign breast masses in adolescent patients. The Stavros sonographic criteria, however, were useful for predicting benignity in 65% of the breast masses on which histopathologic examination was performed. Tissue biopsy may be performed on solid breast masses that do not meet the criteria for benign masses according to the Stavros sonographic criteria.