Mammography is the oldest and the most popular method in the diagnosis of brest mass and received the special attention as the powerful instrument in early detection of breast cancer.
In Korea, nowadays, increasing incidence of breast cancer and good prognosis after early detection and proper treatment need the clinical application of mammography for management of patient with breast disease and for the detection of occult
cancer.
The materials consist of 267 case of mammography performed at Chungnam university hospital, since January, 1994 to March, 1995.
We analyzed the diagnostic accuracy of mammography and mammo-graphic findings in clinically and pathologically confirmed 243 case.
@ES The conclusions are as follows :
@EN 1. Mammography is very useful not only in diagnosis of breast mass and early detection of cancer, but also in management of patients with breast symptoms and sign.
2. The most common complaint of the patient is palpable mass(81.3%) and next is pain(8.6%).
3. Mammographic findings was correlated with pathologic findings, mammographic diagnosis correct in 71.6% of carcinoma and 28.4% of benign disease.
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