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MR-guided localization of suspected breast lesions detected exclusively by postcontrast MRI
U Fischer1, R Vosshenrich, H Bruhn
1Department of Radiology, University of Göttingen, Germany.
Objective:
We describe and evaluate a preoperative MRI localization procedure for suspected breast lesions.
Materials And Methods:
Fourteen consecutive patients underwent MR localization of suspected breast lesions discovered with contrast-enhanced MRI but not detected by conventional mammography or ultrasound. In each case diagnostic MRI was repeated after the application of special skin markers. A non-magnetic wire was subsequently inserted into the breast and a second MRI performed to document the position of the wire tip relative to the lesion.
Results:
The procedure was successful in all 14 patients, enabling excision of the lesion and allowing histological diagnoses.
Conclusion:
We found the described procedure to be quite useful.