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Value of diffusion-weighted MRI in the differentiation of benign and malign breast lesions
1Department of Radiology, GATA Haydarpasa Teaching Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey. gunersonmez@hotmail.com
Introduction:
Our purpose was to determine whether diffusion-weighted MR imaging (DWI) could be used in differentiation of benign and malign breast lesions.
Materials And Methods:
41 women patients were included in the study. 45 lesions were diagnosed by biopsy; 25 (55.5%) of these lesions were malignant and 20 (44.5%) were benign. The apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) values of these lesions were prospectively compared with their histopathological results.
Results:
Differentiation of the malignant and benign masses revealed that the threshold value of the ADC was 1.0 x 10(-3) mm(2)/s, its sensitivity was demonstrated as 95%, specificity as 100%, positive predictive as 100%, negative predictive as 94% and accuracy rate as 97%.
Conclusions:
DWI improves diagnostic accuracy of the conventional breast MRI. ADC measurements may be useful for differentiation of the malign and benign masses.
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