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Altunkeser A, Arslan FZ (2019) Shear Wave Elastography as an Early Indicator of Breast Cancer in a Breastfeeding Patient: A Case Report and Literature Review. Clin Med Rev Case Rep 6:259. doi.org/10.23937/2378-3656/1410259

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CASE REPORT | OPEN ACCESS DOI: 10.23937/2378-3656/1410259

Shear Wave Elastography as an Early Indicator of Breast Cancer in a Breastfeeding Patient: A Case Report and Literature Review

AyŞegül Altunkeser and Fatma Zeynep Arslan*

Department of Radiology, Konya Training and Research Hospital, University of Health Science, Turkey

Abstract

Shear wave elastography (SWE) is a relatively new and highly effective method to reveal mechanical features of tissue by demonstrating quantitative elasticity value. The morphological features including margin of the lesion, orientation, shape and border are considered in differentiation of breast lesions on USG. It is a known fact that malignant lesions are usually palpated as a hard mass in the physical examination. A qualitative broad information can obtain about the tissue elasticity by integrating SWE examination into the classical USG evaluation. We reported the finding of SWE examination in breastfeeding patient with breast malignancy in addition to magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and ultrasonography (USG) findings.