Ultrasound Feminist: A Case Study

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Figure 4.33. Patient with dense breasts. (on the left) standard mammograms with multi cystic attenuating zones that are difficult to interpret. (bottom right): ultrasound scan shows echogenic cysts, with fluid level and doubt about a solid portion, with thick walls, multi-loculated cysts. The exam is classified as ACR or BI-RADS 3 following the ultrasound scan. (top right) DE CEDM does not reveal any intra-cystic enhancement. The exam may therefore be reclassified as ACR or BI-RADS 2. (Quoted from Badr S et al. 2013)

Figure 4.34.A 52-year-old woman with a palpable lesion in the right breast. The ultrasound scan detects an atypical cystic lesion of mixed content with a non-vascular echogenic

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