ACCURACY OF TRIPLE ASSESSMENT IN DIAGNOSIS OF PALPABLE BREAST LUMPS

Aim  :The study is conducted with the aim of assessing the combined and individual reliablility of the Triple assesment in making a pre-procedural diagnosis of palpable breast lumps. MATERIALS AND METHODS Type of study It was a prospective study. Source of data Female patients attending the Department of General Surgery, NRIAS&;GH, with the complaint of a palpable lump/lumps in the breast were Taken in to the study. This study has conducted between DEC 2015 TO November 2017 Results Triple test ( Clinical examination,sonomamogram,Fnac/CNB) applied to the all participants in the study ,which showed 100% results to diagnose benign disease as benign and malignant lesion as malignant. Conclusion. Our results show that the diagnostic accuracy of combined physical examination breastUSG and FNA/CNB is comparable to that of histological examination. A fine collaboration between experienced radiologists, cytologist and the Clinician is required.