Contrast-enhanced MRI of the breast: technique and indications

Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the breast is a recent promising technique. Today this technique is still dedicated to problematic cases or has very specific indications and cannot be regarded as a screening technique. However, MRI of the breast has already proved to be very reliable in the differentiation between tumor recurrence and scar formation, in the preoperative evaluation of tumor extension, the detection of a tumor recurrence adjacent to a breast prosthesis, the response of tumors to radiotherapy and/or chemotherapy, and can also be helpful in the differentiation between benign and malignant breast lesions. For these reasons, MR of the breast has already achieved a place in the diagnosis of breast tumors.