Evaluation with breast scintigraphy of breast lesions of indeterminate significance after conventional triple diagnostic approach

The role of breast scintigraphy in the evaluation of 30 women with an uncer tain diagnosis following triple assessment was investigated. Scintigraphy w as positive in 7 of 13 cancers and 3 of 17 benign lesions and dubious in 1 of 13 cancers and 2 of 17 benign lesions. Sensitivity ranged from 61.5% to 53.8% depending whether dubious lesions were designated as positive or nega tive. This study shows that breast scintigraphy is not sufficiently sensiti ve or specific to use in the evaluation of lesions of uncertain diagnosis f ollowing triple assessment. (C) Harcourt Publishers Ltd.