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Abstract
Ultrasound examination is recommended as the initial imaging examination performed in the pregnant and lactating patient with a breast abnormality. (28)This requires detailed knowledge of breast anatomy and pathology of various lesions by ultrasound in pregnancy and lactation. (6)
The aim of this study was to evaluate the role of ultrasonography and color Doppler in evaluation of physiological changes and pathological conditions of breast in pregnancy and lactation. In our study, we examined breasts of 50 females by ultrasound, among them 20 females were normal which were examined to evaluate physiological changes in pregnancy and lactation. And other 30 females were presented by breast pathology related to pregnancy and lactation. According to our study, the most common breast abnormality was breast abscess as diagnosed in 7 cases (23.3%), 4 were pregnant and 3 were lactating. Mastitis was as common as galactocele in our study as 5 cases each (16.6%) in both lesions, one was pregnant and the remaining 4 cases were lactating. Granulomatous mastitis is a chronic mastitis that we met in our study in 2 cases, one pregnant case and the other was lactating. They required biopsy to reach proper diagnosis. Fibroadenoma was as common as Lactating adenoma, 3 cases each (10%), but they differed in their distribution among pregnant and lactating females, 2 cases of fibroadenoma were lactating and the third case was pregnant. However, all cases of lactating adenoma were lactating. We met rare breast lesions in pregnancy and lactation in our study including, neuroectodermal tumor and gigantomastia, one case of each (3.3%) which was lactating in neuroectodermal tumor and pregnant in gigantomastia. Recently, breast cancer is of increasing incidence. It was diagnosed in 3 cases (9.9%) in our study, 2 pregnant cases and one lactating case.