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Diagnostic potential of ultrafast contrast-enhanced MRI of the breast in hypervascularized lesions: are there advantages in comparison with standard dynamic MRI?
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  10050821     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
PURPOSE: Our goal was to evaluate possible diagnostic advantages of ultrafast MRI of the breast in comparison with dynamic MRI. METHOD: Thirty patients with 35 hypervascularized lesions were selected prospectively after undergoing standard dynamic MRI (temporal resolution 87 s). Patients underwent additional ultrafast imaging (temporal resolution 2 s). Onset, rate, and pattern of enhancement were analyzed. RESULTS: Histopathology revealed 15 malignant and 20 benign lesions (3-40 mm). Enhancement pattern was centripetal in 2 benign and 4 malignant lesions, centrifugal in 5 and 3, and homogeneous in 13 and 8. The onset of lesion enhancement ranged from 3 to 13 s (parenchymal enhancement 4-14 s) and the rate of enhancement from 3 to 70%/s, both without any correlation to the histologic diagnosis. There was no significant difference between ultrafast and standard dynamic MRI. CONCLUSION: Ultrafast MRI does not provide additional information in comparison with standard dynamic MRI.
Authors:
C Schorn; U Fischer; S Luftner-Nagel; E Grabbe
Publication Detail:
Type:  Comparative Study; Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of computer assisted tomography     Volume:  23     ISSN:  0363-8715     ISO Abbreviation:  J Comput Assist Tomogr     Publication Date:    1999 Jan-Feb
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1999-03-11     Completed Date:  1999-03-11     Revised Date:  2006-11-15    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  7703942     Medline TA:  J Comput Assist Tomogr     Country:  UNITED STATES    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  118-22     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Radiology, Klinikum der Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Breast / pathology*
Breast Neoplasms / diagnosis*
Female
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging / methods*
Middle Aged
Prospective Studies

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