To explore the diagnostic value of superb microvascular imaging (SMI) combined with virtual touch tissue quantification (VTQ) in differentiating malignant from benign breast lesions.
Methods:
A total of 134 patients with 136 breast lesions in Pudong New Area People's Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of Medicine and Health Sciences from Jun. 2016 to Dec. 2017 were enrolle
d. All lesions underwent convenient ultrasound (US)
color Doppler flow imaging (CDFI)
SMI and VTQ examinations. The receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve was established with histopathological results as gold standard to further assess the diagnostic performances of US
US+VTQ
US+SMI
and US+VTQ+SMI.
Results:
The 136 pathologically proven breast masses included 82 benign and 54 malignant lesions. The sensitivity (88.89%
48/54)
specificity (90.24%
74/82) and accuracy (89.71%
122/136) of US+VTQ+SMI were the highest compared with other three methods. SMI combined with VTQ presented better diagnostic performance (
P
<0.05).
Conclusion:
The combined modality of SMI and VTQ presents the best sensitivity
specificity and accuracy
with a better diagnostic value in differentiating malignant breast neoplasms.