Pure ductal carcinoma in situ: a range of MRI features

AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2008 Sep;191(3):689-99. doi: 10.2214/AJR.07.3779.

Abstract

Objective: The purpose of this article is to describe and illustrate the variety of common morphologic features, enhancement patterns, and kinetics of pure ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) on dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI of the breast, using the American College of Radiology BI-RADS lexicon.

Conclusion: Breast MRI plays an important role in the detection of DCIS, which most often appears as nonmass clumped enhancement, in a ductal or segmental distribution, with variable enhancement kinetics.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Breast Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Carcinoma, Ductal / pathology*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging / methods*
  • Middle Aged