Mehta Tejas S
Department of Radiology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, 330 Brookline Avenue, Boston, MA 02215, USA.
Radiol Clin North Am. 2003 Jul;41(4):841-56. doi: 10.1016/s0033-8389(03)00040-x.
Ultrasound is an important imaging modality in evaluating the breast. One of the most common uses of ultrasound is to help distinguish benign from malignant breast disease, primarily with gray-scale ultrasound but also with Doppler ultrasound. Another common use is to provide guidance for interventional procedures. Less common uses include assisting in staging of breast cancer and evaluating patients with implants. Recently there has been an interest in using ultrasound to screen asymptomatic women for breast cancer, as is done with mammography. Further studies must be performed to assess if this reduces mortality from breast cancer. Although primarily used to image the female breast, ultrasound also can be used to evaluate breast-related concerns in men. Uses of contrast-enhanced ultrasound are still experimental and would add an invasive component to an otherwise noninvasive study.
超声是评估乳腺的一种重要成像方式。超声最常见的用途之一是帮助区分乳腺良性疾病和恶性疾病，主要通过灰阶超声，也可借助多普勒超声。另一个常见用途是为介入性操作提供引导。不太常见的用途包括辅助乳腺癌分期以及评估植入假体的患者。近来，人们对用超声像乳腺X线摄影那样对无症状女性进行乳腺癌筛查产生了兴趣。必须开展进一步研究以评估这是否能降低乳腺癌死亡率。尽管超声主要用于对女性乳腺成像，但也可用于评估男性与乳腺相关的问题。超声造影的应用仍处于试验阶段，会给原本无创的检查增加侵入性因素。
