Breast | The detective's toolkit: Unmasking breast ultrasound
Tracks
Room 7 | Virtual
Breast
| Friday, May 29, 2026 |
| 3:00 PM - 3:50 PM |
| Rm 7 | First Floor |
Speaker
Dr Michelle Peterson
Radiologist
South Coast Radiology
Challenges and innovations for imaging in dense breast tissue
3:00 PM - 3:30 PMBiography
Dr Michelle Peterson |
South Coast Radiology
Dr Michelle Peterson is a radiologist currently practicing at South Coast Radiology, BreastScreen, and the Gold Coast University Hospital. She has completed subspecialty fellowships in both breast imaging and abdominal–pelvic imaging, and her clinical work focuses on delivering high-quality, patient-centred diagnostic care.
Mrs Louise Worley
Sonographer
I-Med Victoria
Hidden in plain sight: The male breast uncovered
3:30 PM - 3:50 PMPresentation Synopsis / Abstract
The male breast ultrasound is a poorly understood examination for many Sonographers.
Initially you need to understand the time frame of development and changes of the male breast from neonatal period through childhood to puberty and up until old age.
This knowledge then needs to be applied to the normal male breast ultrasound anatomy and possible pathologies during these stages.
To accurately diagnose pathology of the male breast, a thorough clinical history including symptoms, family history and medications taken needs to be acquired. Certain treatments and medications can deeply influence how the male breast reacts. Some diseases raise the risk of breast cancer.
90% of all male breast conditions are benign. 65% breast lesions seen on ultrasound are gynaecomastia, 25% carcinoma and 10% other lesions /conditions. Lesions and conditions of the male breast seen on ultrasound include:
Gynaecomastia, Pseudo gynaecomastia, Papilloma, Adenoma, Myofibroblastoma, Granular cell tumour, Fibrocystic change, Hamartoma, Lymphoma, Diabetic mastopathy, Epithelial/epidermoid inclusion cyst, Cystic lymphangioma, Pleomorphic hyalinising angioectatic tumour, Varix or thrombosis, Leiomyoma, Lipoma, PASH, Mastitis and Cancer
These pathologies will be discussed and examples demonstrated on ultrasound in this presentation.
Initially you need to understand the time frame of development and changes of the male breast from neonatal period through childhood to puberty and up until old age.
This knowledge then needs to be applied to the normal male breast ultrasound anatomy and possible pathologies during these stages.
To accurately diagnose pathology of the male breast, a thorough clinical history including symptoms, family history and medications taken needs to be acquired. Certain treatments and medications can deeply influence how the male breast reacts. Some diseases raise the risk of breast cancer.
90% of all male breast conditions are benign. 65% breast lesions seen on ultrasound are gynaecomastia, 25% carcinoma and 10% other lesions /conditions. Lesions and conditions of the male breast seen on ultrasound include:
Gynaecomastia, Pseudo gynaecomastia, Papilloma, Adenoma, Myofibroblastoma, Granular cell tumour, Fibrocystic change, Hamartoma, Lymphoma, Diabetic mastopathy, Epithelial/epidermoid inclusion cyst, Cystic lymphangioma, Pleomorphic hyalinising angioectatic tumour, Varix or thrombosis, Leiomyoma, Lipoma, PASH, Mastitis and Cancer
These pathologies will be discussed and examples demonstrated on ultrasound in this presentation.
Biography
Mrs Louise Worley FASA |
I-Med Victoria
Louise works as Tutor Sonographer for I-Med Victoria North-Eastern Region & has been teaching with I-Med for more than 30 years. She is passionate about Ultrasound education.
She has presented at many ASA and ASUM local Branch and National meetings, for Radiology Across Borders, as well as World International meetings and webinars, as an invited speaker for obstetrics, breast, gynaecology, abdominal, vascular, paediatrics, AI and MSK ultrasound.
In the course of her work, Louise has taught ultrasound to many student and qualified Sonographers and Radiology registrars.
She was awarded ASA Trainer of the Year in 2013, ASA Victorian Sonographer of the year in 2017, ASA Pru Pratten Lifetime Memorial Achievement Award in 2019. Louise has been awarded a Fellowship of the ASA for her contributions to Ultrasound and has been bestowed an ASA Lifetime Membership.
