Palpable Lumps after Mastectomy: Radiologic-Pathologic Review of Benign and Malignant Masses.

Patients who have undergone mastectomy, with or without reconstruction, are not universally screened with mammography or US. Therefore, clinical breast examination by the physician and patient-detected palpable abnormalities are crucial for detecting breast cancer or recurrence. Diagnostic US is the first-line modality for evaluation of postmastectomy palpable masses, with occasional adjunct use of diagnostic mammography for confirming certain benign masses.

Transitioning from trainee to breast radiologist: A guide for a successful first year.

The transition from trainee to newly minted breast radiologist is exciting and daunting in equal measure. The early years in practice are pivotal to long-term success in breast imaging whether entering academic or nonacademic practice. Yet a paucity of literature exists to guide junior radiologists in their early career transition.

Breast Imaging Fellowship Match: Applicants' Perspectives of Years Two and Three.

Objective: The purpose of this study is to summarize the results of a survey distributed by the Society of Breast Imaging (SBI) to assess applicants' experience with the 2018 and 2019 Breast Imaging Fellowship Match process.

Methods: In this institutional review board-exempt study, the SBI issued an anonymous survey to all matched applicants in an attempt to gauge their experience with the 2018 and 2019 Match process.

Results: The survey was sent to all 2018 and 2019 matched applicants and 105/236 (45%) responses were received.

Evaluation of association between degree of background parenchymal enhancement on MRI and breast cancer subtype.

Purpose: Evaluate possible association between BPE and breast cancer tumor type/prognostic markers.

Methods: IRB approved retrospective study from 1/2010-1/2014 identified 328 patients who had breast MRI and available clinical/pathology data. BPE was categorized according to BI-RADS.

The Contact Zone: A Common Site of Tumor Recurrence in a Patient Who Underwent Skin-Sparing Mastectomy and Myocutaneous Flap Reconstruction.

Routine magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) screening is not typically warranted in asymptomatic patients with a history of breast cancer and myocutaneous flap reconstruction due to the rare incidence of local tumor recurrence. We present a case of recurrent invasive ductal carcinoma along the contact zone between the transverse rectus abdominis myocutaneous (TRAM) flap and the native breast tissue that was incidentally detected on a routine high-risk screening-MRI of the breast in an asymptomatic patient with a history of breast cancer.

Vesical varices: an unusual presentation of portal hypertension.

We present a case of vesical varices manifesting as hematuria in a patient with severe portal hypertension. Vesical varices are an uncommon type of ectopic varices in patients with portal hypertension and are usually seen in patients who have undergone prior interventions that alter portal pressure dynamics. Our case demonstrates that this unusual entity was present in a patient without prior intervention and serves as reminder to assess for ectopic varices in order to mitigate or prevent associated morbidity.

Readability assessment of internet-based patient education materials related to mammography for breast cancer screening.

Rationale And Objectives: The US Department of Health and Human Services (USDHHS) recommends that Internet-based patient education materials (IPEMs) be written below the sixth-grade reading level to target the average American adult. This study was designed to determine the readability of IPEMs regarding mammography for breast cancer screening.

Materials And Methods: Three-hundred mammography-related Web sites were reviewed for IPEMs.

Paradoxical migrating cyst: an unusual presentation of intraventricular neurocysticercosis with a coincidental pituitary adenoma.

Intraventricular neurocysticercosis is an uncommon entity which may become symptomatic due to cerebrospinal fluid flow obstruction. Migration of intraventricular cysts through the ventricular spaces is a rare occurrence. This phenomenon is poorly understood but may be due to pressure changes within the ventricular cavities.