Enhanced MRI and MRI-Guided Interventional Procedures in Women with Asymptomatic Silicone-Injected Breasts

Asymptomatic women who have received silicone injection for breast augmentation have a risk of underestimating breast cancer by palpation, mammography, or breast sonography. Enhanced breast MRI is sensitive to display certain nonspecific enhanced lesions or suspicious lesions. Such nonspecific MRI-d...

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Veröffentlicht in:TheScientificWorld 2012-01, Vol.2012 (2012), p.1-6
Hauptverfasser: Cheung, Yun-Chung, Chen, Shin-Chih, Lo, Yung-Feng
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Asymptomatic women who have received silicone injection for breast augmentation have a risk of underestimating breast cancer by palpation, mammography, or breast sonography. Enhanced breast MRI is sensitive to display certain nonspecific enhanced lesions or suspicious lesions. Such nonspecific MRI-detected lesions could be managed by American College Radiology BI-RADS lexicon and selectively with MRI-guided techniques biopsy to prevent unnecessary surgery.
ISSN:2356-6140
1537-744X
1537-744X
DOI:10.1100/2012/549801