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'''Breast imaging reporting and data system''', commonly known by the abbreviation '''BI-RADS''', a standardized system for reporting breast radiology.
'''Breast imaging reporting and data system''', commonly known by the abbreviation '''BI-RADS''', a standardized system for reporting breast radiology.


==BI-RADS==
It is characterized by:<ref>URL: [http://breastcancer.about.com/od/diagnosis/a/birads.htm http://breastcancer.about.com/od/diagnosis/a/birads.htm]. Accessed on: 16 March 2011.</ref>
It is characterized by:<ref>URL: [http://breastcancer.about.com/od/diagnosis/a/birads.htm http://breastcancer.about.com/od/diagnosis/a/birads.htm]. Accessed on: 16 March 2011.</ref>
*0: Incomplete - come back for more imaging.
 
*1: Negative.
{| class="wikitable sortable"
*2: Benign finding(s).
! Score
*3: Probably benign - often short follow-up.
! Meaning
*4: Suspicious abnormality - needs biopsy.
! Typical management
*5: Highly suggestive of malignancy.
|-
*6: [[Pathologist]] says there is a malignancy.
| 0
| incomplete
| come back for more imaging
|-
| 1  
| negative
|
|-
| 2
| benign finding(s)
|
|-
| 3  
| probably benign  
| often short follow-up
|-
| 4
| suspicious abnormality  
| needs biopsy
|-
| 5  
| highly suggestive of malignancy
| biopsy to confirm impression
|-
| 6
| [[pathologist]] says there is a malignancy
|
|}


==See also==
==See also==

Revision as of 16:37, 22 May 2016

Breast imaging reporting and data system, commonly known by the abbreviation BI-RADS, a standardized system for reporting breast radiology.

BI-RADS

It is characterized by:[1]

Score Meaning Typical management
0 incomplete come back for more imaging
1 negative
2 benign finding(s)
3 probably benign often short follow-up
4 suspicious abnormality needs biopsy
5 highly suggestive of malignancy biopsy to confirm impression
6 pathologist says there is a malignancy

See also

References

  1. ↑ URL: http://breastcancer.about.com/od/diagnosis/a/birads.htm. Accessed on: 16 March 2011.
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