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Eur J Radiol Open. 2016 Jun 06;3:117-22. doi: 10.1016/j.ejro.2016.05.001. eCollection 2016.

Focal transitional mastitis in MR-Mammography: Preliminary findings.

European journal of radiology open

Clemens G Kaiser, Pascal Baltzer, Matthias Dietzel, Anna K Kaiser, Thomas Henzler, Werner A Kaiser, Julia Knaudt

Affiliations

  1. Institute of Clinical Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, University Medical Centre Mannheim, Medical Faculty Mannheim-University of Heidelberg, Germany.
  2. Department of Biomedical Imaging and Image-Guided Therapy, Medical University Vienna, Austria.
  3. Institute of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology I, Friedrich-Schiller-University Hospital Jena, Germany.
  4. School of Social Science, University of Mannheim, Germany.

PMID: 27331083 PMCID: PMC4906035 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejro.2016.05.001

Abstract

PURPOSE: During clinical routine, we retrospectively discovered diagnostic criteria for "focal mastitis" in MR-Mammography (MRM). The aim of this study was to prospectively evaluate these criteria.

METHODS: 1975 consecutive patients were examined between 01/2010 and 12/2011. 29 patients fit the diagnostic criteria of focal mastitis.

RESULTS: In follow-up scans, 28 patients showed a complete remission of the previous findings. One patient was followed-up with persisting findings, which could histologically be correlated to an area of DCIS after biopsy.

CONCLUSION: The morphologic, kinetic and follow-up criteria we discovered seem to be a reliable diagnostic indicator for focal mastitis.

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