Diagnostic ultrasound of breast cancer and the analysis of reasons for misdiagnosis

Objective To analyze the feature of ultrasonic image of breast cancer and the reasons for misdiagnosis. Methods Color Doppler ultrasound techniques was used to examine 200 patients with breast cancers in our hospital and we analyzed the alteration of sound images in 18 misdiagnosis cases so that some experience could be drown to increase the rate of clinical final diagnosis. Results The characters of ultrasonic images in most of breast cancers were :ow echoes, asymmetry echoes andcystic and solid echoes. The portion of the images of earlier breast cancer, whose images were similar to the benign tumors had regular borders, internal uniformity echoes and no attenuation of the echo beam. Conclusion Breast cancer has various pathologic types, and its image is also complex. So it is necessary to distinguish breast cancers with benign lumps.