Movement Sciences and Wellbeing Department, University of Naples "Parthenope", Via Medina 40, 80133, Naples, Italy.
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J Ultrasound. 2023 Mar;26(1):49-58. doi: 10.1007/s40477-022-00773-1. Epub 2023 Jan 27.
The breast ultrasound (US) field-of-view (FOV) includes glandular parenchyma as well as tissues located anterior to and posterior to it, up to pleural line. For that, it is possible to incidentally identify lesions unrelated to breast parenchyma during screening or diagnostic US; sometimes a palpable lump may be the reason of the imaging exam. Furthermore, abnormality related to chest wall are easier and more accurate detected after mastectomy. Hence, radiologists should know the US appearance of lesions which may develop from all tissues present in this region and displayed in the US FOV, without focusing only on glandular abnormalities while performing the exam. This is the second of a two-part series on non-glandular breast lesions; in detail, part two provide an overview of US appearance, differential diagnosis, and pitfalls of chest wall lesions. They may have an infectious, traumatic, inflammatory etiology or be benign or malignant neoplasms. The US role in the assessment of chest wall abnormalities is limited, usually computed tomography and/or magnetic resonance are requested as second-level imaging exams to characterize and to assess better their relationship with surrounding structures because of larger and panoramic view. Finally, US could be useful to guide biopsy.
乳房超声(US)的视野(FOV)包括腺体实质以及位于其前后的组织,直到胸膜线。因此,在筛查或诊断性 US 中可能会偶然发现与乳腺实质无关的病变;有时可触及的肿块可能是进行影像学检查的原因。此外,乳房切除术后更容易且更准确地检测到与胸壁相关的异常。因此,放射科医生应该了解可能发生于该区域内所有组织并显示在 US FOV 中的病变的 US 表现,而不仅仅是在检查时关注腺体异常。这是关于非腺体性乳腺病变的两部分系列中的第二部分;详细地说,第二部分提供了胸壁病变的 US 表现、鉴别诊断和陷阱的概述。它们可能具有感染性、创伤性、炎症性病因,也可能是良性或恶性肿瘤。US 在评估胸壁异常中的作用有限,通常请求计算机断层扫描和/或磁共振成像作为二级影像学检查,以更好地对其进行特征描述和评估,因为其具有更大的全景视野。最后,US 可用于引导活检。