Abstract
The aim of this study was to identify breast lesions using mammography and ultrasonography and to explore the accuracy of diagnosis. Participants included a consecutive sample of 50 female patients aged between 20 and 90 years old, all of whom had breast lesions. Of these participants, 40 patients were examined by mammography followed by ultrasonography, and 10 patients were examined using ultrasonography only, because they were either less than 35 years of age or were pregnant or lactating. Data were analyzed using the Statistic Package for Social Science (SPSS), version 25. Our study found that the most affected age group, who had breast lesions, was between 40 and 50 years old and that the lesions occurred most commonly on the left breast. In addition, the most common malignant breast lesion type was grade three invasive ductal carcinoma, and benign lesion type was fibroadenoma. This study concluded that mammography is useful in the early detection of breast cancer. However, ultrasonography complements mammography and is helpful in scanning women with mammographically dense breast tissue. In scanning young female patients, an examination of the breast using both mammography and ultrasonography is the key to survival.