Breast ultrasound report template (BI-RADS)
The breast report follows the BI-RADS lexicon: each lesion with shape, orientation, margins, echo pattern, clock-face location and distance from the nipple, and a final category with management.
BREAST AND AXILLARY ULTRASOUND
FINDINGS:
Tissue composition: [homogeneous-fat/homogeneous-fibroglandular/heterogeneous].
No nodules, cysts or architectural distortion in either breast.
Skin, nipple-areolar complex and muscle planes normal in appearance.
Axillary lymph nodes normal in appearance, with thin cortex and preserved hilum.
IMPRESSION:
Normal breast ultrasound.
BI-RADS 1.
FINDINGS:
N1: oval nodule, parallel to the skin, with circumscribed margins, hypoechoic, with no posterior acoustic features, in the right breast at 10 o'clock, 4 cm from the nipple, measuring 1,1 x 0,6 x 0,8 cm.
IMPRESSION:
Nodule in the right breast with probably benign features.
BI-RADS 3.
RECOMMENDATIONS:
Follow-up ultrasound in 6 months.
Fields in brackets are filled in from the exam. The template is a starting point: the report must reflect what was seen and your practice's guidelines.
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