Breast Ultrasound: Benign vs. Malignant
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What margin characteristic is most associated with malignancy on breast ultrasound?
✔✔Irregular or spiculated margins
What is the usual orientation of benign breast lesions on ultrasound?
✔✔Wider-than-tall
What posterior acoustic feature is commonly seen with simple cysts or benign lesions?
✔✔Posterior acoustic enhancement
What echogenicity pattern is often seen in malignant breast masses?
✔✔Hypoechoic with heterogeneous internal texture
What margin appearance suggests a benign breast lesion?
✔✔Smooth and well-circumscribed
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,What type of vascularity is more suggestive of a malignant breast mass on Doppler imaging?
✔✔Central and penetrating vascularity
What shape is most commonly associated with benign breast masses?
✔✔Oval
What posterior feature is commonly associated with malignant masses?
✔✔Posterior acoustic shadowing
What breast lesion feature typically indicates a malignant process?
✔✔Taller-than-wide orientation
What lesion border feature is consistent with a benign finding?
✔✔Thin echogenic capsule
What type of lesion compresses easily under gentle transducer pressure?
✔✔Benign
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, What is the typical behavior of malignant lesions with compression?
✔✔Rigid and non-compressible
What breast lesion typically shows mobile internal echoes with patient repositioning?
✔✔Benign complicated cyst
What Doppler finding is suggestive of a benign cyst?
✔✔No internal vascular flow
What lesion characteristic may indicate malignancy even in a small mass?
✔✔Angular or microlobulated margins
What ultrasound sign suggests benign intramammary lymph node?
✔✔Fatty hilum with an oval shape
What echotexture is more commonly seen in malignant lesions than benign ones?
✔✔Heterogeneous
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Questions and Answers Latest Version
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What margin characteristic is most associated with malignancy on breast ultrasound?
✔✔Irregular or spiculated margins
What is the usual orientation of benign breast lesions on ultrasound?
✔✔Wider-than-tall
What posterior acoustic feature is commonly seen with simple cysts or benign lesions?
✔✔Posterior acoustic enhancement
What echogenicity pattern is often seen in malignant breast masses?
✔✔Hypoechoic with heterogeneous internal texture
What margin appearance suggests a benign breast lesion?
✔✔Smooth and well-circumscribed
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,What type of vascularity is more suggestive of a malignant breast mass on Doppler imaging?
✔✔Central and penetrating vascularity
What shape is most commonly associated with benign breast masses?
✔✔Oval
What posterior feature is commonly associated with malignant masses?
✔✔Posterior acoustic shadowing
What breast lesion feature typically indicates a malignant process?
✔✔Taller-than-wide orientation
What lesion border feature is consistent with a benign finding?
✔✔Thin echogenic capsule
What type of lesion compresses easily under gentle transducer pressure?
✔✔Benign
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, What is the typical behavior of malignant lesions with compression?
✔✔Rigid and non-compressible
What breast lesion typically shows mobile internal echoes with patient repositioning?
✔✔Benign complicated cyst
What Doppler finding is suggestive of a benign cyst?
✔✔No internal vascular flow
What lesion characteristic may indicate malignancy even in a small mass?
✔✔Angular or microlobulated margins
What ultrasound sign suggests benign intramammary lymph node?
✔✔Fatty hilum with an oval shape
What echotexture is more commonly seen in malignant lesions than benign ones?
✔✔Heterogeneous
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