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Breast Cancer - Arab Medical Association Against Cancer

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<strong>Breast</strong> Imaging 63galatocele. Architectural distorsion can be also classed BIRADS2 when it is clearly related to priorsurgery and not modified on successive mammogramsIntramamary lymph nodeHamartomaFigure: Typical Benign <strong>Breast</strong> Mass with lipomatous changesFor diagnosis of a well cicumscribed mass, ultrasonography is necessary to distinguish between cystand tissular mass. Cysts may be round, oval or flat, well circumscribed with abrupt interface with thenormal breast tissue and often anechogenic with posterior enhancement. A typical cyst can beclassified BIRADS 2 (FIG 8). Atypical cyst because complex (association of anechogenic and solidparts) or complicated (not anechogenic) is classified as suspicious (BIRADS 4) and may necessitateaspiration with cytologic analysis.Figure:Transsonic massCircumscribed massFigure:Multiple Cysts, BIRADS 2

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