4,602 results match your criteria: "Magnetic Resonance Mammography"

Objectives: Quality control in breast cancer screening programmes has been subject of several studies. However, less is known about the clinical diagnostic work-up in recalled women with a suspicious finding at screening mammography. The current study focuses on interhospital differences in diagnostic work-up strategies.

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Hamartomas are rare, benign pseudotumors consisting of a mixture of ducts, lobules, fibrous stroma, and adipose tissue. Despite their benign nature, these lesions can present significant clinical challenges and may be underrecognized. A 48-year-old female presented with a progressively enlarging lump in the right breast over eight years.

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Clinical and radiologic characteristics of ruptured epidermal inclusion cysts in the nipple and subareolar regions: A report of two cases.

Int J Gynaecol Obstet

December 2024

Obstetrics and Gynecology Department, Faculty of Medical Science, Lebanese University, Beirut, Lebanon.

Epidermal inclusion cysts (EICs) in the breast, particularly in the nipple and subareolar regions, are rare entities that pose significant diagnostic challenges and management dilemmas in clinical practice. This study retrospectively analyzes two case reports of women presenting with EICs located in these unusual breast areas. The subjects included a 35-year-old female with congested nipple symptoms and bilateral mastodynia, and a 58-year-old female with a palpable right breast nodule.

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Diagnostic value of mammography combined with ultrasound shear wave elastography and magnetic resonance imaging in breast cancer.

Oncol Lett

February 2025

Department of Ultrasound, Yancheng No. 1 People's Hospital (The First People's Hospital of Yancheng), Affiliated Hospital of Medical School, Nanjing University, Yancheng, Jiangsu 224000, P.R. China.

Breast cancer is one of the most common malignancies affecting women worldwide, and an early diagnosis is critical for improving prognosis. The present study aimed to investigate the diagnostic value of mammography (MG) combined with ultrasound shear wave elastography (SWE) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for the early screening of breast cancer. Patients with breast tumors who underwent lumpectomy at a single hospital between December 2021 and January 2023 were selected and categorized into a benign or malignant group based on pathological findings.

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[Parametric imaging in breast diagnostics : Computed tomography].

Radiologie (Heidelb)

December 2024

, Hegenigstr. 71, Erlangen, Deutschland.

Background: The complementary breast diagnostics (CMD) include the clinical examination, ultrasound, mammography and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the breast and the assessment of conspicuous findings by interventional methods.

Objective: In recent years special breast computed tomography (BCT) systems have been developed and the question arises as to what significance this technology has in comparison to the established MRI procedure.

Material And Methods: Presentation of the two dedicated BCT systems with different concepts, which are currently commercially available.

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Breast manifestations of autoimmune diseases are rare but may present as localized disease or as part of a systemic disease. The most common clinical presentations of autoimmune mastitis are palpable masses and mastalgia, but patients can also be asymptomatic. Its radiological features are nonspecific and varied; it usually appears as an irregular hypoechoic mass or ill-defined hypoechoic nonmass lesion that mimics malignancy, with or without duct ectasia on breast ultrasonography.

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Lupus mastitis is a presentation of lupus panniculitis that involves subcutaneous fat in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Moreover, lupus mastitis is a rare condition that typically presents as a palpable breast mass. Here, we report the case of a 29-year-old woman with a prior diagnosis of SLE who presented with palpable lumps in both breasts.

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Understanding BI-RADS Category 3.

Radiographics

January 2025

From the Department of Radiology, Division of Breast Imaging, UC San Diego Health, Koman Family Outpatient Pavilion, 9400 Campus Point Dr, #7316, La Jolla, CA 92037 (S.F., J.S., R.R.P., H.O.F.); and Department of Breast Imaging, Division of Diagnostic Radiology, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Tex (M.S.G., B.A.).

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  • The BI-RADS category 3 assessment indicates findings that are "probably benign," with a less than 2% chance of being cancerous, helping to reduce unnecessary breast biopsies.
  • Despite its established guidelines for mammography, breast ultrasound, and emerging MRI uses, there is still confusion and misuse surrounding this category.
  • Category 3 findings should be followed up with short-term imaging to monitor for changes, and it is not appropriate to use in screening studies without further diagnostic evaluations.
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Contrast-Enhanced Digital Breast Tomosynthesis Compared With Contrast-Enhanced Mammography and Magnetic Resonance Imaging in the Assessment of Breast Lesions: A Pilot Study.

Invest Radiol

December 2024

From the Division of General and Pediatric Radiology, Department of Biomedical Imaging and Image-Guided Therapy, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria (P.C., N.P., A.S., M.W., P.A.T.B., T.H.H.); Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Institute of Radiology, Rome, Italy (F.F.); Department of Radiology Section of Breast Imaging, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (L.Z.); and Diagnostic Imaging, Siemens Healthcare GmbH, Forchheim, Germany (M.H.).

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HER-2 expression is correlated with multimodal imaging features in breast cancer: a pilot study.

Ann Med

December 2024

Department of Radiology, Affiliated Hospital of Hebei University/ Clinical Medical College, Hebei University, Baoding, China.

Objective: A pilot study to evaluate the correlation between multimodal imaging features and the expression of the human epidermal growth factor receptor type 2 (HER-2) in breast cancer to provide a basis for clinical treatment and prognosis evaluation.

Methods: We included a total of 62 patients with breast cancer admitted to the Affiliated Hospital of Hebei University between 2018 and 2022. All of them underwent the relevant investigations, including ultrasound, mammography, and enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), in the hospital within one month before surgery or biopsy.

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Purpose: The breast shape differs between the prone position in breast magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and the supine position on an operating table. We sought to determine the relationship between patient position-induced changes on prone and supine MRI in breast shape and mammographic breast density or thickness.

Materials And Methods: We evaluated data from 68 women with 69 breast cancers in this retrospective observational study.

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Women with extremely dense breasts account for approximately 10% of the screening population and face an increased lifetime risk of developing breast cancer. At the same time, the sensitivity of mammography, the first-line screening modality, is significantly reduced in this breast density group, owing to the masking effect of the abundant fibroglandular tissue. Consequently, this population has garnered increasing scientific attention due to the unique diagnostic challenge they present.

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Postbiopsy Mondor disease as an early indicator of elevated thrombophlebitis risk: A case report.

Radiol Case Rep

January 2025

Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic, 4500 San Pablo Rd, Jacksonville, FL 32224, USA.

Mondor disease (MD) is a rare, benign condition marked by thrombophlebitis of superficial veins of the breast or anterior chest wall. While it is idiopathic in most cases, it can sometimes occur secondary to an underlying cause. This case report describes a 51-year-old female, who developed MD approximately 7 weeks after undergoing a breast biopsy.

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Objective: Aim: The objective of this literature review was to determine the optimal diagnostic algorithm for breast cancer detection associated with architectural distortion.

Patients And Methods: Materials and Methods: The Pubmed, Google Scholar, Web of Science, and Scopus databases was used to search for materials on architectural distortion, associated pathologies, and radiological imaging methods.

Conclusion: Conclusions: Architectural distortions may represent both benign and malignant pathology, but ultrasound, magnetic resonance, and roentgenological signs may not always with conf i dence determine the etiology of these changes.

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Importance: Breast cancer is one of the leading causes of negligence claims in radiology. The objective of this document is to describe the specific main causes of errors in breast imaging and provide European Society of Breast Imaging (EUSOBI) recommendations to try to minimize these.

Observations: Technical failures represent 17% of all mammographic diagnostic negligence claims.

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Prospective evaluation of MRI artefacts following breast conserving surgery and sentinel lymph node dissection with the magnetic technique.

Eur J Surg Oncol

January 2025

Department of Surgical Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden; Department of Surgery, Section for Breast Surgery, Akademiska University Hospital, 75185, Uppsala, Sweden.

Introduction: Superparamagnetic Iron Oxide (SPIO) nanoparticles serve as a promising tracer for sentinel lymph node (SLN) detection in breast cancer. Concerns exist regarding artefacts on postoperative Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), especially following breast conservation (BCS).

Materials And Methods: In this prospective observational study, 97 women with DCIS or invasive breast cancer underwent BCS and SLN detection with peritumoral SPIO injection administered up to four weeks before surgery.

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Purpose: Contrast Enhancement Magnetic Resonance (CEMR) and Contrast-Enhanced Mammography (CEM) are important diagnostic tools to evaluate breast cancer patients, and both are objects of interest in the literature. The purpose of this systematic review was to select publications from the last ten years in order to evaluate the literature contributions related to the frequency of contrast agents used, administration techniques and the presence of adverse reactions.

Methods: We have selected, according to the PRISMA statement, publications reviewed on Pub Med in the period from 1 January 2012 to 31 December 2022.

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Purpose: To compare mammography, breast ultrasound (US), high-resolution diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (DW-MRI), dynamic contrast-enhanced breast MRI (DCE-MRI), and their combinations for detecting clinically occult early breast cancers (EBCs), including ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS).

Methods: Three hundred and three consecutive women with screening imaging-detected early breast cancers (60 pure DCIS, 36 DCIS with microinvasion, and 207 invasive carcinoma less than 20 mm) who underwent breast MRI at 3 T including DW-MRI (b-values of 0, 800 and 1200 s/mm; in-plane resolution, 1.1 × 1.

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Benign and malignant breast lesions in children and adolescents are rare compared to adults. Most tumors are benign. Malignant breast lesions are extremely rare.

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Magnetic resonance imaging-guided single-fraction preoperative radiotherapy for early-stage breast cancer (the RICE trial): feasibility study.

Pilot Feasibility Stud

November 2024

Department of Medical Imaging and Radiation Sciences, School of Primary and Allied Health Care, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.

Background: Over the past decade, the adoption of screening programs, digital mammography, and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has increased early-stage breast cancer diagnosis rates. Mortality rates have decreased due to early detection and improved treatments, including personalized therapies. Accelerated partial-breast irradiation (APBI) is emerging as a convenient and effective treatment for some patients, with studies exploring its preoperative use.

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Anatomical Approach for the Evaluation of the Nipple-Areolar Complex.

J Breast Imaging

November 2024

Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Imaging, The University of Texas Health and Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, USA.

The nipple-areolar complex (NAC) is an anatomically unique region from which several normal variants and pathologies arise. Understanding its anatomy is crucial for accurate clinical and imaging assessments, aiding with differential diagnosis, and ensuring radiologic-pathologic concordance. Mammography and US are commonly used for NAC evaluation; however, these are susceptible to technical limitations such as tissue superimposition and artifacts, compromising visualization of abnormalities in this area.

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Training the next generation of onco-radiologists: The Hong Kong experience.

Eur J Radiol

December 2024

Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, 30 Gascoigne Road, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China. Electronic address:

Oncologic Radiology (OR) is a new higher subspecialty training programme developed by the Hong Kong College of Radiologists. Instead of the traditional organ-centric approach, the curriculum ensures exposure in a wide spectrum of cancers to trainees who wish to pursue a career in cancer imaging and interventions. The OR training is hands-on and trainees will learn to interpret and report many imaging modalities including ultrasound, mammography, computed tomography and magnetic resonance.

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