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What is the most common transducer type used for breast ultrasound?
✔✔High-frequency linear transducer
What sonographic feature is most suggestive of a benign breast lesion?
✔✔Wider-than-tall orientation
What term describes the bright area seen behind a fluid-filled structure on ultrasound?
✔✔Posterior acoustic enhancement
Which imaging modality is most useful for differentiating solid from cystic breast masses?
✔✔Ultrasound
What structure lies deep to the breast tissue and superficial to the chest wall?
✔✔Pectoralis major muscle
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, What is the normal appearance of a simple cyst on breast ultrasound?
✔✔Anechoic with smooth walls and posterior enhancement
What does increased vascularity within a breast mass typically suggest?
✔✔Possible malignancy
What is the sonographic term for the dark area behind a dense structure like a tumor or
calcification?
✔✔Posterior acoustic shadowing
Which benign lesion often appears as an oval, homogeneous, hypoechoic mass with smooth
margins?
✔✔Fibroadenoma
What type of artifact helps confirm the presence of a simple cyst?
✔✔Posterior acoustic enhancement
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