Magnetic resonance imaging findings of intramammary metastases

Susanne Wienbeck; Aimee Herzog; Sonja Kinner; Alexey Surov

doi:10.1016/j.clinimag.2015.12.014

Magnetic resonance imaging findings of intramammary metastases

Clin Imaging. 2016 May-Jun;40(3):361-4. doi: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2015.12.014. Epub 2016 Jan 21.

Authors

Susanne Wienbeck¹, Aimee Herzog², Sonja Kinner³, Alexey Surov⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Radiology, University of Göttingen, Germany.
² Department of Radiology, University of Jena, Germany.
³ Department of Radiology, University of Essen, Germany.
⁴ Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University of Leipzig, Germany; Department of Diagnostic Radiology, University of Halle, Germany. Electronic address: alex.surow@medizin.uni-halle.de.

PMID: 27133668
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2015.12.014

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to identify magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings of intramammary metastases (IM). We identified 8 cases with IM, which were investigated by breast MRI (1.5T). In every case, the diagnosis of IM was proven histopathologically on breast biopsy specimens. Overall, 187 IM were identified. IM had inconsistent MRI features, which cannot be clearly classify as benign or malignant. IM should be taken into consideration in the differential diagnosis of breast lesions to avoid possible misinterpretations.

Keywords: BI-RADS; Breast MRI; Göttingen score; Intramammary metastases.

MeSH terms

Adult
Aged
Breast Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
Breast Neoplasms / pathology
Breast Neoplasms / secondary*
Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / diagnostic imaging*
Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / pathology
Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / secondary*
Female
Head and Neck Neoplasms / pathology
Humans
Lung Neoplasms / pathology
Magnetic Resonance Imaging*
Melanoma / diagnostic imaging*
Melanoma / pathology
Melanoma / secondary*
Middle Aged
Retrospective Studies
Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / pathology