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Diagnostic breast imaging

Sylvia H. Heywang-Kobrunner, Ingrid Schreer, D. David Dershaw ; in collaboration with Roland Bassler ; translated by Peter F. Winter and John Grossman

Thieme, 1997

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Bildgebende mammadiagnostik

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Bildgebende mammadiagnostik

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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Description

This comprehensive text covers all imaging modalities used for diagnosis of breast lesions. Features of the book include: all clinical aspects are continuously and fully integrated clinical aspects (epidemiology, anamnesis, findings on palpation and therapy); a condensed presentation of technical fundamentals and techniques of examination of the various imaging procedures; differential evaluation, including application and limitation, and ranking of each method; and extensively illustrated and systematic presentation of the findings in benign and malignant diseases for all relevant methods - mammography, sonography, MR mammography and possible complementary methods. There are also guidelines for on-target diagnostic strategies for initial examination and further diagnostic probing.

Table of Contents

  • Part 1 Methods: patient history and dialogue
  • clinical findings
  • mammography
  • sonography
  • magnetic resonance tomography
  • trancutaneous biopsy
  • operative localization. Part 2 Appearance of benign and malignant breast tissues
  • normal breast
  • displasias
  • cycsts
  • benign tumours and tumours-like lesions
  • inflammatory changes
  • in-situ carcinomas
  • invasive carcinoma
  • other malignant tumours
  • scarriong
  • skin changes. Part 3 Application of imaging in the diagnosis of breast disease: screening
  • problem-solving of screening deteced and clinically symptomatic lesions.

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