Important Announcements

Nondiscrimination Policy Update

Boston Medical Center Health System complies with applicable Federal civil rights laws and does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, national origin (including limited English proficiency and primary language), religion, culture, physical or mental disabilities, socioeconomic status, sex, sexual orientation and gender identity and/or expression. BMCHS provides free aids and services to people with disabilities and free language services to people whose primary language is not English.

To read our full Nondiscrimination Statement, click here.

Breast Ultrasound

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Ultrasound uses sound waves to produce an outline of part of the body. A computer picks up the echoes from the sound waves and uses them to generate a picture on the computer screen. For breast ultrasound, a small, microphone-like instrument is placed on top of the breast after it is covered with a special type of gel that allows the sound waves to pass directly from the instrument to the skin. Breast ultrasound is particularly useful in determining whether something is fluid-filled (a cyst) or a solid mass (a tumor).