Evaluation of elastography application in differentiating benign and malignant breast tumors

Objective To evaluate the value of elastography in differentiating benign and malignant breast tumors.Methods Elastography was performed on 175 patients with 184 breast tumors to differentiate benign tumors from malignant ones.Results of elastography were compared with post-operative pathological results.Results Accuracy of elastography in differentiating breast tumors was 78.8%(145/184),while the sensitivity was 76.1%(51/67),the specificity was 80.3%(94/117).Conclusion Elastography is a newly valuable technique of ultrasonography in differentiating benign and malignant breast tumors.It is important to know that elastography can efficiently decrease cases of false-negative,even though some cases of false-positive may be increased.