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The breast has been extensively studied in laboratory by many authors since the work of Astley Cooper in 1840. The description of its various lobes and ducts has been the subject of numerous publications, but the transposition of these studies into radiological diagnosis and surgery has not been carried out. J. Going in Professor T. Tot’s volume: Breast Cancer 2011, states the obvious fact. The very phrase “normal breast tissue” often used to describe what is inside the mammary gland does not correspond to anatomical fact. The real question to be answered should be: Is it possible to have direct visualization of a lobe, its ductal axis and lobules and to identify Termino-Ducto-Lobular Units?
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Various colleagues throughout the world, who practise Ductal Echography on a daily basis, have welcomed my invitation to have their share in this chapter:by courtesy of:
Fig. 2: Dr. G. Dolfin, Italy.
Fig. 3/4: Dr. A. Georgescu, Roumania.
Fig. 7: Dr. G. Kern, France.
Fig. 14: Dr. J. Parada, Uruguay.
Fig. 15/16: Dr. J. Amoros, Spain (in memoriam).
Fig. 17: Dr. V. Buljevic, Croatia.
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Amy, D. (2014). Lobar Ultrasonic Breast Anatomy. In: Francescatti, D., Silverstein, M. (eds) Breast Cancer. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-8063-1_4
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