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©2013 UpToDate ® Print Email Breast MRI for evaluating extent of disease - case 1 Breast MRI can be used to determine the extent of disease in newly diagnosed cancer patient. The figure depicts the breast MRI of a patient with a palpable mass. Core biopsy revealed invasive lobular carcinoma. Preoperative MRI revealed extensive disease spanning over 7 cm with multiple irregular areas of enhancement (A) with intermediate signal on T2-weighted sequences (B). Breast MRI for evaluating extent of disease - case 2 Breast MRI can be used to determine the extent of disease in newly diagnosed cancer patient. Architectural distortion was detected in the central left breast on screening mammography. Diagnostic mammography confirmed persistence of the abnormality (A) and biopsy under ultrasound-guidance confirmed invasive ductal carcinoma. Preoperative MRI confirmed the large invasive cancer in the left breast (B) and a second suspiciously enhancing lesion in the outer right breast (C). Subsequent biopsy of the right breast finding revealed an invasive ductal cancer confirming contralateral disease.
©2013 UpToDate ® Print Email Breast MRI for evaluating extent of disease - case 1 Breast MRI can be used to determine the extent of disease in newly diagnosed cancer patient. The figure depicts the breast MRI of a patient with a palpable mass. Core biopsy revealed invasive lobular carcinoma. Preoperative MRI revealed extensive disease spanning over 7 cm with multiple irregular areas of enhancement (A) with intermediate signal on T2-weighted sequences (B).