What are the items of breast examination?

Currently commonly used breast examination items:

1. Physical examination of breast: The breast shape, surface skin, nipple areola, nipple discharge, regional lymph nodes, etc. are mainly examined by doctors' visual inspection and palpation, so as to know whether there is a lump in the breast and the nature of the lump. This examination is simple and easy to do, but it can only be used as a preliminary examination and generally cannot be diagnosed.

2. Infrared examination of breast: scan breast tissue with infrared light source probe, form images by using different infrared absorption rates of normal tissue and diseased tissue, and comprehensively analyze the gray shadow of tumor, the changes of blood vessels and the relationship between blood vessels and tumor to diagnose breast diseases. This kind of examination is simple, economical, intuitive and non-radioactive, and can output the examination results and stored results in the form of photos, which is easy for the examinee to accept, especially suitable for the general survey and screening of high-risk groups, and also suitable for the breast examination of pregnant women and lactating women.

Third, breast B-ultrasound examination: the method of using high-frequency probe B-ultrasound to examine breast diseases. B-ultrasound examination of breast is a noninvasive, painless and side-effect examination method, which can be applied to any age and any physiological state, and can be used for repeated control examination, with high resolution to breast tissue, especially to distinguish whether breast masses are cystic or substantive changes.

Four. Mammography: Mammography can clearly show some fine structures and small lesions of the breast, which is the most effective method to diagnose early breast cancer and distinguish between benign and malignant tumors. For women suspected of breast masses, breast cancer antigen, breast ductoscopy, breast pathological examination (including cytopathology and histopathology examination) and breast CT examination can also be performed. These examinations are helpful to determine the nature of the mass and provide reference for treatment.