Contrast enhanced mammography: focus on frequently encountered benign and malignant diagnoses

Cancer Imaging. 2023 Jan 23;23(1):10. doi: 10.1186/s40644-023-00526-1.

Abstract

Contrast-enhanced mammography (CEM) is becoming a widely adopted modality in breast imaging over the past few decades and exponentially so over the last few years, with strong evidence of high diagnostic performance in cancer detection. Evidence is also growing indicating comparative performance of CEM to MRI in sensitivity with fewer false positive rates. As application of CEM ranges from potential use in screening dense breast populations to staging of known breast malignancy, increased familiarity with the modality and its implementation, and disease processes encountered becomes of great clinical significance. This review emphasizes expected normal findings on CEM followed by a focus on examples of the commonly encountered benign and malignant pathologies on CEM.

Keywords: Contrast mammography; Contrast-enhanced mammography; Mammography.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Breast / diagnostic imaging
  • Breast Density
  • Breast Neoplasms* / pathology
  • Contrast Media
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging / methods
  • Mammography* / methods
  • Sensitivity and Specificity

Substances

  • Contrast Media