The Contribution of Three-Dimensional Power Doppler Imaging in the Preoperative Assessment of Breast Tumors: A Preliminary Report

Table 3

3D outcome according to the sonographic criteria used in our breast tumor patients.

			Benign		CA
		𝑁	%	𝑁	%	𝑃
Shape	Round/oval	52	72.2%	1	1.9%	<.0001
	Lobular	20	27.8%	10	18.9%
	Irregular	0	0%	42	79.2%
Orientation	(W>T)	49	68.1%	4	7.5%	<.0001
	(W=T)	21	29.2%	5	9.4%
	(W<T)	2	2.8%	44	83.0%
Margin	Well defined	70	97.2%	13	25%	<.0001
	ILL defined	2	2.8%	40	75%
Surrounding echogenicity	Hypoechogenic regular	72	100.0%	24	45.3%	.002
	Echogenic irregular	0	0%	29	54.7%
Echogenicity	Hyperechoic	63	87.5%	33	62.3%	.002
	Hypoechoic	9	12.5%	20	37.7%
Echotexture	Homogenous	37	51.4%	12	22.6%	<.0001
	Inhomogenous	35	48.6%	41	77.4%
Acoustic transmission	Present	36	50.0%	8	15.1%	<.0001
	Absent	36	50.0%	45	84.9%
Pattern	Compression pattern	69	95.8%	6	11.3%	<.0001
	Retraction/star pattern	3	4.2%	47	88.7%
Vessels architecture	Linear	70	97.2%	25	47.2%	<.0001
	Chaotic-complex	2	2.8%	28	52.8%
R.I.	≥0.42	70	97.2%	29	54.7%	<.0001
	<0.42	2	2.8%	24	45.3%