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Clinical Utility of MicroPure US Imaging for Breast Microcalcifications

유방 미세 석회에 대한 MicroPure 초음파

  • Heerin Lee (Department of Radiology, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea) ;
  • Sung Hun Kim (Department of Radiology, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea) ;
  • Bong joo Kang (Department of Radiology, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea) ;
  • Jeong Min Lee (Department of Radiology, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea)
  • 이희린 (가톨릭대학교 의과대학 서울성모병원 영상의학과) ;
  • 김성헌 (가톨릭대학교 의과대학 서울성모병원 영상의학과) ;
  • 강봉주 (가톨릭대학교 의과대학 서울성모병원 영상의학과) ;
  • 이정민 (가톨릭대학교 의과대학 서울성모병원 영상의학과)
  • Received : 2021.05.08
  • Accepted : 2021.08.26
  • Published : 2022.07.01
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Abstract

Purpose To evaluate the performance of MicroPure US imaging to detect and characterize microcalcifications. Materials and Methods A total of 171 lesions with suspicious microcalcifications seen on mammography and B-mode US were included and simultaneously evaluated using MicroPure US imaging. The size of microcalcifications was divided into small (punctate, amorphous, fine pleomorphic, and fine linear) and large (coarse heterogeneous), and the extent was divided into narrow (grouped) and wide (others). MicroPure US imaging visibility was divided into four types based on the number of microcalcifications on the two images: B > M (more on B-mode), B = M (similar), B < M (more on MicroPure), and negative. Triple pairwise comparison was used to evaluate the imaging features according to the MicroPure US imaging visibility. Results Among the 171 lesions examined, 157 lesions (91.8%) were detected by MicroPure US imaging. The proportion of Breast Imaging Reporting and Data System (BI-RADS) category 4A was significantly higher in the MicroPure positive group, and that of category 4B was significantly higher in the MicroPure negative group (p = 0.035). The other imaging features did not differ. Among the positive MicroPure subgroups, all features showed no significant difference. Conclusion MicroPure US imaging demonstrated 91.8% positivity in detecting microcalcifications on B-mode US. MicroPure US imaging visibility correlated with the BI-RADS category of microcalcifications.

목적 MicroPure 초음파 영상의 미세 석회 발견 성능을 평가하고, MicroPure 초음파 영상 소견을 이용하여 미세 석회의 특징을 파악하고자 하였다. 대상과 방법 유방촬영술과 B-mode 초음파에서 모두 보이며, 악성으로 의심되는 총 171개의 미세 석회를 대상으로 MicroPure 초음파 영상을 평가하였다. 미세 석회의 크기는 작거나(점상, 무정형, 미세 다형성, 미세 선형), 큰(거친 불균질) 군으로 구분하였고, 미세 석회의 범위는 좁거나(군집), 넓은(기타) 군으로 나누었다. MicroPure 초음파 영상 가시성은 B-mode와 MicroPure 초음파 영상의 미세석회 개수를 비교하여 4가지로 나누었다: B > M (B-mode에서 더 많은 병변이 보임), B = M (비슷한 개수가 보임), B < M (MicroPure에서 더 많은 병변이 보임), 음성(보이지 않음). MicroPure 초음파 영상의 가시성과 관련된 영상 소견들에 대해 다중비교를 시행하였다. 결과 171개 중 157개의 병변이 MicroPure 초음파 영상에서 확인되었다(91.8%). Breast Imaging Reporting and Data System (이하 BI-RADS) 범주 4A의 비율은 MicroPure 양성군에서 범주 4B의 비율은 MicroPure 음성군에서 유의하게 더 높았다(p = 0.035). 다른 영상 소견에는 차이가 없었다. MicroPure 양성 세부군에서 모든 특징은 유의한 차이를 보이지 않았다. 결론 MicroPure 초음파 영상은 B-mode 초음파에서 보이는 미세 석회의 91.8%를 발견하였다. MicroPure 초음파 영상 가시성은 미세 석회의 범주와 관련이 있었다.

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