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The postconservation breast: part 1, Expected imaging findings.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  22268174     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
OBJECTIVE: The objectives of this article are to discuss the conventional imaging algorithms after breast-conserving surgery and radiation therapy and to review the expected chronologic imaging appearances of the conservatively treated breast.
CONCLUSION: Imaging the treated breast presents challenges because of its limited compressibility and the overlapping features of benign posttreatment alterations and tumor recurrence. After lumpectomy and radiation therapy, mammographic findings such as breast edema, skin thickening, fluid collections, architectural distortion, and calcifications have characteristic sequences of evolution toward stability. Awareness of these normal chronologic imaging findings for the conservatively treated breast minimizes unnecessary recall from screening and permits early detection of recurrent breast carcinoma.
Authors:
Thanissara Chansakul; Kenny C Lai; Priscilla J Slanetz
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Review    
Journal Detail:
Title:  AJR. American journal of roentgenology     Volume:  198     ISSN:  1546-3141     ISO Abbreviation:  AJR Am J Roentgenol     Publication Date:  2012 Feb 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2012-01-23     Completed Date:  2012-04-03     Revised Date:  2013-05-20    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  7708173     Medline TA:  AJR Am J Roentgenol     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  321-30     Citation Subset:  AIM; IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Radiology, Harvard Medical School and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, 330 Brookline Ave, Boston, MA 02215, USA.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Algorithms*
Breast Neoplasms / radiotherapy*,  surgery*
Calcinosis / radiography
Diagnosis, Differential
Early Diagnosis
Female
Humans
Mammography
Mastectomy, Segmental*
Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / radiography*
Postoperative Complications / radiography*

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