Foreign Body Granuloma and Breast Cancer in the Augmented Breast: Mammography, US, MRI, and FDG-PET
Journal of the Korean Radiological Society
;
: 437-446, 2003.
Article
in English
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-124394
ABSTRACT
The mammographic or physical evaluation of breast parenchymal abnormalities in the presence of radiopaque implants or silicone injections is difficult; mammography often fails to discriminate between breast cancer and a radiopaque dense breast. Although the sonographic evaluation of a palpable mass in an augmented breast may be impaired by the presence of posterior acoustic shadowing, the modality may be helpful in evaluating such masses, and dynamic contrast-enhanced MR imaging facilitates differentiation. FDG-PET is a possible alternative diagnostic tool for the evaluation of parenchymal lesions under these circumstances, but its drawbacks are its high cost and limited availability. The sensitivity and specificity of both FDG-PET and MRI can be improved by correlating their findings with those of radiological studies, and through an awareness of potential false-negative and false-positive causes.
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Index:
WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Silicones
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Acoustics
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Breast
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Breast Neoplasms
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Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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Mammography
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Granuloma, Foreign-Body
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Ultrasonography
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Sensitivity and Specificity
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Shadowing Technique, Histology
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
Language:
English
Journal:
Journal of the Korean Radiological Society
Year:
2003
Type:
Article
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