Breast Ultrasound Questions and
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What is the most common indication for performing a breast ultrasound?
✔✔Evaluation of a palpable lump
What ultrasound feature suggests a simple cyst?
✔✔Anechoic content with posterior enhancement
What is the typical shape of a benign breast mass?
✔✔Oval
What is the primary benefit of using high-frequency transducers in breast ultrasound?
✔✔Better resolution of superficial structures
Which tissue layer is immediately beneath the skin in breast anatomy?
✔✔Subcutaneous fat
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,Which structure in the breast helps maintain structural integrity and appears echogenic on
ultrasound?
✔✔Cooper’s ligaments
What type of artifact is commonly seen posterior to a fluid-filled structure?
✔✔Posterior acoustic enhancement
What type of orientation is typically seen in benign breast lesions?
✔✔Wider-than-tall
What does increased internal vascularity within a breast lesion suggest?
✔✔Potential malignancy
Which muscle is visualized deep to the breast parenchyma on ultrasound?
✔✔Pectoralis major
What is the term for the sonographic sign seen in an intracapsular silicone breast implant
rupture?
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,✔✔Step-ladder sign
What structure within a lymph node is typically echogenic and centrally located?
✔✔Fatty hilum
Which ultrasound finding most commonly indicates malignancy?
✔✔Irregular margins and shadowing
Which clock-face position corresponds to the lateral side of the right breast?
✔✔3 o’clock
What is a common benign lesion found in young women on breast ultrasound?
✔✔Fibroadenoma
What scanning maneuver helps confirm the cystic nature of a lesion?
✔✔Compression
What is the most common quadrant for breast cancer occurrence?
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, ✔✔Upper outer quadrant
What is the sonographic appearance of a galactocele?
✔✔Cystic structure with internal echoes or fluid-fat level
What is the significance of posterior acoustic shadowing in a breast lesion?
✔✔May suggest malignancy or dense tissue
What ultrasound sign may indicate inflammatory breast cancer?
✔✔Skin thickening with increased vascularity
What finding is consistent with fat necrosis on ultrasound?
✔✔Complex mass with calcifications and variable echogenicity
What artifact occurs along the edge of a rounded structure like a cyst?
✔✔Edge shadowing
What type of lesion often shows septations and internal echoes on ultrasound?
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Answers Latest Version Already Passed
What is the most common indication for performing a breast ultrasound?
✔✔Evaluation of a palpable lump
What ultrasound feature suggests a simple cyst?
✔✔Anechoic content with posterior enhancement
What is the typical shape of a benign breast mass?
✔✔Oval
What is the primary benefit of using high-frequency transducers in breast ultrasound?
✔✔Better resolution of superficial structures
Which tissue layer is immediately beneath the skin in breast anatomy?
✔✔Subcutaneous fat
1
,Which structure in the breast helps maintain structural integrity and appears echogenic on
ultrasound?
✔✔Cooper’s ligaments
What type of artifact is commonly seen posterior to a fluid-filled structure?
✔✔Posterior acoustic enhancement
What type of orientation is typically seen in benign breast lesions?
✔✔Wider-than-tall
What does increased internal vascularity within a breast lesion suggest?
✔✔Potential malignancy
Which muscle is visualized deep to the breast parenchyma on ultrasound?
✔✔Pectoralis major
What is the term for the sonographic sign seen in an intracapsular silicone breast implant
rupture?
2
,✔✔Step-ladder sign
What structure within a lymph node is typically echogenic and centrally located?
✔✔Fatty hilum
Which ultrasound finding most commonly indicates malignancy?
✔✔Irregular margins and shadowing
Which clock-face position corresponds to the lateral side of the right breast?
✔✔3 o’clock
What is a common benign lesion found in young women on breast ultrasound?
✔✔Fibroadenoma
What scanning maneuver helps confirm the cystic nature of a lesion?
✔✔Compression
What is the most common quadrant for breast cancer occurrence?
3
, ✔✔Upper outer quadrant
What is the sonographic appearance of a galactocele?
✔✔Cystic structure with internal echoes or fluid-fat level
What is the significance of posterior acoustic shadowing in a breast lesion?
✔✔May suggest malignancy or dense tissue
What ultrasound sign may indicate inflammatory breast cancer?
✔✔Skin thickening with increased vascularity
What finding is consistent with fat necrosis on ultrasound?
✔✔Complex mass with calcifications and variable echogenicity
What artifact occurs along the edge of a rounded structure like a cyst?
✔✔Edge shadowing
What type of lesion often shows septations and internal echoes on ultrasound?
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