[99m Tc-MIBI scintigraphy compared to mammography in the diagnosis of breast cancer in dense, operated and young women breasts].

Autor:	Mulero F; Servicio de Medicina Nuclear. Hospital Universitario Virgen de la Arrixaca. Murcia. mulerof@teleline.es, Nicolás F, Castellón MI, Fuentes T, de la Cruz P, Roca V, Abad L, Nuño de La Rosa JA
Jazyk:	Spanish; Castilian
Zdroj:	Revista espanola de medicina nuclear [Rev Esp Med Nucl] 2000 Sep; Vol. 19 (5), pp. 344-9.
Abstrakt:	Unlabelled: Breast scintimammography with 99mTc-MIBI has proven to be a useful complement to mammography in the diagnosis of breast cancer in the female population. Although the mammography, along with a physical examination, is the backbone of breast cancer diagnosis, there are groups of patients in whom the mammography has an even lower specificity. Objective: Our study has aimed to assess the usefulness of breast 99mTc-MIBI scintimammography in those situations in which the mammography was indeterminate, such as, in dense breasts, young females or breasts with architectural distortion after surgery or radiation therapy. Materials and Methods: We studied 109 females with mammographically dense breasts, 8 young females under 30 and 24 patients who had undergone previous surgery or radiation therapy. All cases were studied to rule out breast cancer. Final diagnosis was established with excisional biopsy. Results: In dense breasts MIBI scintimammography sensitivity was 88% and the mammography one 81%. MIBI scintimammography specificity was 90% and the mammography 28%. In young females MIBI scintimammography sensitivity was 100% and the mammography 50%, MIBI scintimammography specificity 100% and the mammography 20%. In previous surgery, MIBI scintimammography sensitivity was 80% and the mammography 80%, MIBI scintimammography specificity 100% and the mammography 42%. Conclusion: Breast scintimammography with 99mTc-MIBI is an excellent diagnostic technique with high specificity. Undoubtedly it is complementary to mammography in those cases where mammography has major limitations such as dense breasts, young females and breasts with severe scarring after surgery or radiation therapy.
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