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[Differential breast tumor diagnosis by comparing blood circulation of the tumor with the contralateral breast using color coded, pulsed Doppler ultrasound]. 1995

J U Blohmer, and R Chaoui, and G Schmalisch, and R Bollmann, and H U Lau

Universitätsklinikum Charité, Medizinische Fakultät, Humboldt- Universität zu Berlin.

74 breast tumor patients were preoperatively examined by means of colour and pulsed-wave Doppler sonography using the ultrasonic instrument ALT Ultramark 9 HDI with a broad-band linear scanner, 5-10 MHz. The Doppler flow velocity waveforms, from the vessels of the mammary lesion (affected breast) and the corresponding quadrant of the contralateral breast (non-affected breast), respectively, were compared in respect of the four parameters maximal systolic velocity, minimal diastolic velocity, pulsatility index (PI) and resistance index (RI). In 48 cases we succeeded in representing arterial vessels both inside the affected and the contralateral breast. The aim of the study was to examine whether these parameters show a significantly different degree of deviation in correlation with the tumours being either benign or malign. In cases with benign lesions (n = 24) we did not find any significant differences in all the parameters that we examined. In cases with cancer, however (n = 18), a significantly higher systolic velocity was found in the affected breast compared to the contralateral breast, but there were no differences in the other parameters. Although the quantitative Doppler measurements are angle-dependent parameters, the study showed that the maximal velocity in the affected breast compared to the contralateral breast is the most useful parameter in differential diagnosis of breast tumours.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D011673	Pulsatile Flow	Rhythmic, intermittent propagation of a fluid through a BLOOD VESSEL or piping system, in contrast to constant, smooth propagation, which produces laminar flow.	Flow, Pulsating,Perfusion, Pulsatile,Flow, Pulsatile,Flows, Pulsatile,Flows, Pulsating,Perfusions, Pulsatile,Pulsatile Flows,Pulsatile Perfusion,Pulsatile Perfusions,Pulsating Flow,Pulsating Flows
D012016	Reference Values	The range or frequency distribution of a measurement in a population (of organisms, organs or things) that has not been selected for the presence of disease or abnormality.	Normal Range,Normal Values,Reference Ranges,Normal Ranges,Normal Value,Range, Normal,Range, Reference,Ranges, Normal,Ranges, Reference,Reference Range,Reference Value,Value, Normal,Value, Reference,Values, Normal,Values, Reference
D012039	Regional Blood Flow	The flow of BLOOD through or around an organ or region of the body.	Blood Flow, Regional,Blood Flows, Regional,Flow, Regional Blood,Flows, Regional Blood,Regional Blood Flows
D001783	Blood Flow Velocity	A value equal to the total volume flow divided by the cross-sectional area of the vascular bed.	Blood Flow Velocities,Flow Velocities, Blood,Flow Velocity, Blood,Velocities, Blood Flow,Velocity, Blood Flow
D001940	Breast	In humans, one of the paired regions in the anterior portion of the THORAX. The breasts consist of the MAMMARY GLANDS, the SKIN, the MUSCLES, the ADIPOSE TISSUE, and the CONNECTIVE TISSUES.	Breasts
D001941	Breast Diseases	Pathological processes of the BREAST.	Endocrine Breast Diseases,Breast Disease,Breast Disease, Endocrine,Breast Diseases, Endocrine,Disease, Breast,Disease, Endocrine Breast,Diseases, Breast,Diseases, Endocrine Breast,Endocrine Breast Disease
D001943	Breast Neoplasms	Tumors or cancer of the human BREAST.	Breast Cancer,Breast Tumors,Cancer of Breast,Breast Carcinoma,Cancer of the Breast,Human Mammary Carcinoma,Malignant Neoplasm of Breast,Malignant Tumor of Breast,Mammary Cancer,Mammary Carcinoma, Human,Mammary Neoplasm, Human,Mammary Neoplasms, Human,Neoplasms, Breast,Tumors, Breast,Breast Carcinomas,Breast Malignant Neoplasm,Breast Malignant Neoplasms,Breast Malignant Tumor,Breast Malignant Tumors,Breast Neoplasm,Breast Tumor,Cancer, Breast,Cancer, Mammary,Cancers, Mammary,Carcinoma, Breast,Carcinoma, Human Mammary,Carcinomas, Breast,Carcinomas, Human Mammary,Human Mammary Carcinomas,Human Mammary Neoplasm,Human Mammary Neoplasms,Mammary Cancers,Mammary Carcinomas, Human,Neoplasm, Breast,Neoplasm, Human Mammary,Neoplasms, Human Mammary,Tumor, Breast
D003937	Diagnosis, Differential	Determination of which one of two or more diseases or conditions a patient is suffering from by systematically comparing and contrasting results of diagnostic measures.	Diagnoses, Differential,Differential Diagnoses,Differential Diagnosis
D003971	Diastole	Post-systolic relaxation of the HEART, especially the HEART VENTRICLES.	Diastoles
D005260	Female		Females