Male patients with unilateral breast symptoms: an optimal imaging approach

ConclusionThe diagnostic performance of unilateral mammography is comparable with bilateral mammography in male patients with unilateral breast symptoms. Unilateral mammography also has the advantage of reducing radiation exposure.Key Points• There is limited knowledge about standardized guidelines or recommendations for imaging the male breast.• Unilateral mammography for male patients with unilateral breast symptoms showed comparable diagnostic performance with bilateral mammography.• Both unilateral and bilateral mammography showed excellent diagnostic performance in the assessment of male patients with unilateral breast symptoms.
Source: European Radiology - Category: Radiology Source Type: research