Management of Non-Mass Enhancement at Breast Magnetic Resonance in Screening Settings Referred for Magnetic Resonance-Guided Biopsy.

Rationale And Objectives: According to the Breast Imaging and Reporting Data System (BI-RADS), one of the main limitations of MRI is diagnosing the non-mass enhancement (NME). The NME lesion is challenging since it is unique to the MRI lexicon. This study aims to report our experience with NME lesions diagnosed by MRI referred for MRI-guided biopsies and discuss the management and follow-up of these lesions.

Diagnostic underestimation of atypical ductal hyperplasia and ductal carcinoma in situ at percutaneous core needle and vacuum-assisted biopsies of the breast in a Brazilian reference institution.

Objective: To determine the rates of diagnostic underestimation at stereotactic percutaneous core needle biopsies (CNB) and vacuum-assisted biopsies (VABB) of nonpalpable breast lesions, with histopathological results of atypical ductal hyperplasia (ADH) or ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) subsequently submitted to surgical excision. As a secondary objective, the frequency of ADH and DCIS was determined for the cases submitted to biopsy.

Materials And Methods: Retrospective review of 40 cases with diagnosis of ADH or DCIS on the basis of biopsies performed between February 2011 and July 2013, subsequently submitted to surgery, whose histopathological reports were available in the internal information system.

Complete internal audit of a mammography service in a reference institution for breast imaging.

Objective: Undertaking of a complete audit of the service of mammography, as recommended by BI-RADS(®), in a private reference institution for breast cancer diagnosis in the city of São Paulo, SP, Brazil, and comparison of results with those recommended by the literature.

Materials And Methods: Retrospective, analytical and cross-sectional study including 8,000 patients submitted to mammography in the period between April 2010 and March 2011, whose results were subjected to an internal audit. The patients were followed-up until December 2012.

[Proposal for the systematization of the elastographic study of mammary lesions through ultrasound scan].

Objective: Proposal of systematization for the elastographic study in the ultrasound routine.

Methods: Evaluation was made of 308 patients forwarded to the breast intervention service in the CTC-Genesis from May 1, 2007 to March 1, 2008 to perform percutaneous breast biopsy. Prior to the percutaneous biopsy, an ultrasound study and an elastography were performed.

Appearance of breast masses on sonoelastography with special focus on the diagnosis of fibroadenomas.

The aim of this study was to show and correlate the imaging features of breast masses, especially fibroadenomas, using sonoelastography. Two hundred thirty-five patients with 302 breast lesions referred for core needle biopsy participated in the study. All lesions appearing as solid masses on conventional US were included.