Male inflammatory breast cancer.

A case of a 48-year-old male with an inflammatory breast cancer is used to illustrate this uncommon malignancy. The physical examination of thickening and erythema made the clinical diagnosis. Mammographic findings of increased density in the right breast with coarsened stroma and an underlying mass confirmed the clinical findings.

MR imaging in the management before surgery of lobular carcinoma of the breast: correlation with pathology.

Objective: Our objective was to investigate the use of MR imaging in preoperative staging and characterization of lobular carcinoma.

Materials And Methods: MR imaging studies and mammographic studies in 20 patients with infiltrating lobular carcinoma were evaluated and correlated with pathology findings on serially sectioned tissue. The MR images and mammograms were reviewed retrospectively by three independent examiners unaware of the clinical, imaging, and pathology findings.

Three-dimensional RODEO breast MR imaging of lesions containing ductal carcinoma in situ.

Purpose: To assess whether rotating delivery of excitation off resonance (RODEO) breast magnetic resonance (MR) imaging can help detect ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) lesions, determine tumor extent, and differentiate pure DCIS from DCIS with an invasive component.

Materials And Methods: Twenty-two patients with DCIS lesions were evaluated with three-dimensional RODEO MR imaging. Nineteen patients had available mammograms for review.

Stereotactic breast biopsy as an alternative to open excisional biopsy.

Background: Health care cost continues to play a dominant role in our society. Technological advances are expensive, with the possible exception of stereotactic breast biopsy. We must learn other alternatives that give the same diagnostic accuracy at lower cost.