Differentiating benign and malignant breast lesions with T2*-weighted first pass perfusion imaging.

Autor: Kvistad, K.A., Lundgren, S., Fjosne, H.E., Smenes, E., Smethurst, H.B., Haraldseth, O., Fjøsne, H E
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Zdroj: Acta Radiologica; Jan1999, Vol. 40 Issue 1, p45-51, 7p, 4 Black and White Photographs, 3 Graphs
Abstrakt: Purpose: Invasive breast carcinomas and fibroadenomas are often difficult to differentiate in dynamic contrast-enhanced T1-weighted MR imaging of the breast, because both tumors can enhance strongly after contrast injection. The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether the addition of T2*-weighted first pass perfusion imaging can increase the differentiation of malignant from benign lesions.Material and Methods: Nine patients with invasive carcinomas and 10 patients with contrast enhancing fibroadenomas were examined by a dynamic contrast-enhanced T1-weighted 3D sequence immediately followed by a single slice T2*-weighted first pass perfusion sequence positioned in the contrast-enhancing lesion.Results: The carcinomas and the fibroadenomas were impossible to differentiate based on the contrast enhancement characteristics in the T1-weighted sequence. The signal loss in the T2*-weighted perfusion sequence was significantly stronger in the carcinomas than in the fibroadenomas (p = 0.0004).Conclusion: Addition of a T2*-weighted first pass perfusion sequence with a high temporal resolution can probably increase the differentiation of fibroadenomas from invasive carcinomas in contrast-enhanced MR imaging of the breast. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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