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Tracking the Mammary Architectural Features and Detecting Breast Cancer with Magnetic Resonance Diffusion Tensor Imaging
Published on: December 15, 2014
[Breast MRI in invasive lobular carcinoma: diagnosis and staging]
N Fabre Demard1, P Boulet, X Prat
1Service d'Imagerie Médicale, Hôpital Lapeyronie, 371 avenue du Doyen Gaston Giraud, 34295 Montpellier cedex.
Purpose:
To assess the use of breast MRI for the diagnosis and staging of invasive lobular carcinoma and its impact on surgical management.
Materials And Methods:
Retrospective study of 35 invasive lobular carcinoma, histologically diagnosed in 34 patients who underwent clinical exam, mammography, ultrasonography and magnetic resonance imaging.
Results:
Enhancement at MRI was seen for all 35 cancers. It was focal for 24 patients, regional for 10 and diffuse for 1. The kinetic of the enhancement was characteristic of malignancy for 33 patients. For 11 patients the MRI staging was positive, finding 8 news cancers. For 3 patients MRI lead to biopsy of benign lesions but improved the surgical management in the 8 cases of new cancers: wider excision for 3 cases, planned breast conservation converted to mastectomy in 3 cases and excision of contralateral lesion in 2 cases.
Conclusion:
Breast MRI is useful in diagnosis, staging and surgical management of invasive lobular breast carcinoma.
