Ning Qu1, Yahong Luo1, Tao Yu1, Huihui Yu2. 1. Department of Radiology, Cancer Hospital of China Medical University, Liaoning Cancer Hospital and Institute, Shenyang, China. 2. Department of Epidemiology, Cancer Hospital of China Medical University, Liaoning Cancer Hospital and Institute, Shenyang, China.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to identify characteristics that can differentiate between pure mucinous breast carcinomas (PMBCs) and fibroadenomas (FAs) with strong high-signal intensity on T2-weighted images (T2-SHi) from dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (DCE-MRI). METHODS: The DCE-MRI tumor characteristics were compared and analyzed between 35 PMBCs and 70 FAs with T2-SHi. RESULTS: Multivariate analysis revealed that delayed enhancement pattern was the only significant independent predictor (p = 0.007). CONCLUSION: A delayed enhancement pattern is the most reliable characteristic for differentiating PMBCs from FAs with T2-SHi from DCE-MRI.
OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to identify characteristics that can differentiate between pure mucinous breast carcinomas (PMBCs) and fibroadenomas (FAs) with strong high-signal intensity on T2-weighted images (T2-SHi) from dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (DCE-MRI). METHODS: The DCE-MRI tumor characteristics were compared and analyzed between 35 PMBCs and 70 FAs with T2-SHi. RESULTS: Multivariate analysis revealed that delayed enhancement pattern was the only significant independent predictor (p = 0.007). CONCLUSION: A delayed enhancement pattern is the most reliable characteristic for differentiating PMBCs from FAs with T2-SHi from DCE-MRI.
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Breast cancers; Dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging; Fibroadenoma; Pure mucinous breast carcinoma