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ArticleThe Indian journal of radiology & imaging2023

Bright Is Not Always Better: A Pictorial Review of Hyperechoic Malignant Breast Masses.

Shivya Parashar, Jyoti Arora, Ayushi Mittal

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Article in The Indian journal of radiology & imaging, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors.

Shivya ParasharDepartment of Radiodiagnosis, Medanta the Medicity, Gurugram, Haryana, India.
Jyoti AroraDepartment of Radiodiagnosis, Medanta the Medicity, Gurugram, Haryana, India.
Ayushi MittalDepartment of Radiodiagnosis, Medanta the Medicity, Gurugram, Haryana, India.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hyperechogenic breast lesions are a relatively rare finding at breast ultrasonography and are traditionally thought to be benign. However, hyperechogenicity on the ultrasound alone does not provide enough evidence to rule out malignancy completely. We herein reported a short series of nine cases of echogenic malignant breast lesions, which include invasive ductal carcinoma, ductal carcinoma in situ, invasive lobular carcinoma, angiosarcoma, lymphoma, and metastasis to the breast. Echogenic breast lesions should be carefully evaluated and properly categorized based on any other suspicious sonographic characteristics and must be correlated with mammographic findings and clinical history to lower the threshold for biopsy and avoid delay in diagnosis. Hyperechogenicity should not be considered as a characteristically benign feature and should not supersede the less specifically benign features of the same lesion on the other examination.

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hyperechoicmalignancyultrasound

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PMID37811173
PMCPMC10556334
OpenAlexW4372311717

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