Role of ultrasonography and mammography in breast disease

Background- Breast diseases are most common among females. Around 200,000 cases are diagnosed annually of breast diseases. It is any abnormal change in breast which make up of number of conditions. The increasing incidence rate of breast cancer is a major health problem. Its early diagnose directly help the treatment. Non-invasive technique such as mammography is a well-defined and widely accepted radiological procedure to evaluate clinically suspected breast lesions. And ultrasonography is used; especially in patients with dense breasts and it also help to characterize an undetected abnormality on mammography. Therefore, this study aims to assess the role of ultrasonography and mammography in diagnosing breast diseases. Objective- The aim of the study is to evaluate and compare the result of ultrasonography and mammography in diagnosis of breast diseases. Method- Study population consisted of 50 patients of age more than 30 years. Result- The result showed that 50 patients with breast diseases underwent combined mammographic and sonographic evaluation. 30 (60%) of the 50 palpable abnormalities had benign assessment, 18(60%) of the benign lesions were visible both on mammography and sonography, 11 (36%) of the 20 benign lesions were mammographically occult and identified at sonographic evaluation.