Best Practice Guideline – DEGUM Recommendations on Breast Ultrasound

Abstract

Alongside mammography, breast ultrasound is an important and well-established method in assessment of breast lesions. With the “Best Practice Guideline”, the DEGUM Breast Ultrasound (in German, “Mammasonografie”) working group, intends to describe the additional and optional application modalities for the diagnostic confirmation of breast findings and to express DEGUM recommendations in this Part II, in addition to the current dignity criteria and assessment categories published in Part I, in order to facilitate the differential diagnosis of ambiguous lesions.

The present “Best Practice Guideline” has set itself the goal of meeting the requirements for quality assurance and ensuring quality-controlled performance of breast ultrasound. The most important aspects of quality assurance are explained in this Part II of the Best Practice Guideline.

Keywords

DEGUM - Guidelines - Breast - METHODS & TECHNIQUES - ultrasound - Gynecology

Publikationsverlauf

Eingereicht: 04. November 2022

Angenommen nach Revision: 26. Januar 2023

Artikel online veröffentlicht:
18. April 2023

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