Abstract:
This is a prospective, analytic, and descriptive study which is conducted in khartoum state, Sudan. The aims of this study to confirm which modality mammography or ultrasounography is useful to detect breast masses in women aged 20-75 years.
The research made comparative study between the above modalities to find out which of the two is more efficient in detect breast masses and to evaluate it is characteristic.
In this study we collected data from 100 female patient came to Khartoum advance diagnostic center- Khartoum, Dr .Al-Jenaid Awad Yousif diagnostic clinic-Khartoum and Omar Sawi Hospital during the period from may 2015-janewary 2016 .
In this study we used Statistic package for social sciences (SPSS) to analyze the data collected and presented them on tables and graphs.
The study showed that (100%) of masses detected by ultrasound while the masses detected by mammography was only(82%) (dense breast and lactating),the main age affected was 30<45years(47%),the benign masses constitute about (84%) the common type was fibroadenoma (45.1%) and the malignant masses was (16%) the common type was ductalcarcinoma (86%) of malignant masses, the common site of masses was UOQ(48%) ,mammography detected (19%) micro calcification while ultrasound detect only(5%) .
There for the study concluded that ultrasound is more efficient than mammography on detecting the breast masses in female with dense breast(great glandular tissue) and the mammography more efficient than ultrasound on detecting the micro calcifications.
The study recommended that both ultrasound and mammography should be available in all hospital and in all diagnostic center to help in early detection of breast masses to safe women life.
