Breast Radiologist in Gomti Nagar, Lucknow

A breast radiologist reads breast images and explains what they show. This covers mammograms, 3D mammograms and breast ultrasound, and the extra pictures that follow when something needs a closer look. The radiologist writes the report that your own doctor uses.

Much of the work is comparison and judgement. The radiologist looks at the new pictures beside your earlier ones and matches them with your symptoms and examination findings. The answer may be reassurance, a repeat scan later, more imaging or a needle test.

Image-guided needle tests, such as breast FNAC and breast biopsy, are part of breast imaging practice. Whether a particular test is done at the centre, and by whom, is confirmed by the team after they have seen your referral and images.

A breast radiologist does not replace your surgeon or physician. The radiologist finds and describes what imaging shows. Treatment is planned by your own doctor or a breast surgeon.

Dr. Pranjali Joshi is the breast radiologist at the centre. She holds three qualifications, each a step further in training.

• MBBS (KGMU): the basic medical degree.
• MD Radiodiagnosis (Dr. RMLIMS): the specialist degree in radiology, which trains a doctor to read scans of the whole body.
• PDCC Breast Imaging (AIIMS Rishikesh): a postdoctoral certificate course, which is further training after the MD, focused on breast imaging.

Qualifications tell you what a doctor has trained in. They cannot tell you how any one scan will turn out.

A breast radiologist is most useful when the breast question is not routine. Your doctor may suggest one, or you can ask for one yourself.

• A lump or other change that needs imaging. Breast lump evaluation explains the usual steps.
• An unclear or worrying report: wording you have been given that you would like explained.
• A call-back after a screening mammogram, for more pictures.
• Dense breasts, when you want to know which extra imaging, if any, makes sense. See dense breast imaging.
• A family history of breast or ovarian cancer, and questions about when to be checked.
• Images from elsewhere that you would like looked at again by someone with breast imaging training.

If your question is about images you already have, bring the films, disc or files with the reports. The team will tell you how a review can be arranged.