Ultrasound has become an essential technology in the detection and diagnosis of breast cancer. At the Pink Lotus Breast Center, all of our surgical breast specialists and radiologists are expertly trained in the latest Ultrasound technology. Our primary use of breast Ultrasound at PLBC is to help diagnose abnormalities detected in your breast during a clinical breast exam (such as a lump) and to characterize any abnormalities seen on a routine or diagnostic mammogram.



While digital Mammography is the standard for breast cancer screening, some breast lesions and abnormalities are not visible or are difficult to interpret on mammograms. In breasts that are dense, meaning there is a lot of glandular tissue and less fat, many cancers can be hard to see or may even be missed by a mammogram. Particularly in women with dense breasts, ultrasound has been shown to complement mammography by helping to detect smaller breast cancers that may not be visible otherwise.



If needed, our surgical breast specialists and radiologists can obtain tissue to diagnose a breast abnormality by performing an ultrasound-guided biopsy. Because ultrasound technology provides real-time images of your breast and avoids both the compression and the radiation of mammograms, it is an ideal way to guide a biopsy needle into a suspicious area for sampling.