Ultrasound Findings in Patients with Mastalgia

摘要

A total of 70 female patients, aged 15-60 year, were included. Mean age of the patients was 30.07 year. Mean duration of breast pain was 5.3 months. Ultrasonographic imaging findings showed fibroadenoma in 22 (31.4%), a simple cyst in 18 (14.3%), malignancy in 1 (1.4%) and 6 (8.6%) patients had duct ectasia. Mastitis was shown in 3 (4.3%) and 1 (1.4%) had abscess on ultrasound. Other patients (n=27 - 38.6%) had completely normal breast on ultrasound, among them 81.5% had cyclic and 18.5% noncyclic breast pain. Out of 22 (31.4%) patients in whom ultrasound reported fibroadenoma; in 18 (81.8%) there was a single lump while remaining 4 (18%) had multiple lumps in single or both breasts. Ten patients had a cystic lesion reported on ultrasound, out of which 7 had 2 or more cysts while 3 had a single cyst.