Breast Conservation for Mammographically Occult Carcinoma

Erratum to: Ultrasonographic Characteristics of Mammographically Occult Small Breast Cancer

PURPOSE To analyze significant ultrasonographic findings of small malignant breast mass (≤10 mm) which were occult on mammography. METHODS The study included 190 small breast masses (≤10 mm), demonstrated on breast ultrasonography, but not mammography. Histopathology (when the masses were biopsied) or serial breast ultrasonography (for at least 24 months) were used to confirm benign or malign...

Nonpalpable mammographically occult invasive breast cancers detected by MRI.

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to determine the MRI findings and histology of clinically and mammographically occult invasive breast cancers detected by MRI. MATERIALS AND METHODS A retrospective review was undertaken of 1,336 breast MRI examinations performed during a 2-year period. Among these, 68 nonpalpable mammographically occult invasive cancers were identified in 57 women with...

Use of magnetic resonance imaging for detecting clinically and mammographically occult ductal carcinoma in situ.

We report on two cases where breast magnetic resonance imaging examination changed clinical management. Breast magnetic resonance imaging is now recognised as an indispensable adjunctive examination to mammography and ultrasound. In each of the two cases described, breast magnetic resonance imaging revealed unsuspected, extensive, and mammographically and ultrasonologically occult, ductal carci...

Breast-specific gamma imaging for the detection of mammographically occult breast cancer in women at increased risk

Breast-Specific γ-Imaging for the Detection of Mammographically Occult Breast Cancer in Women at Increased Risk.

UNLABELLED Breast-specific γ-imaging (BSGI) is a physiologic imaging modality that can detect subcentimeter and mammographically occult breast cancer, with a sensitivity and specificity comparable to MRI. The purpose of this study was to determine the incremental increase in breast cancer detection when BSGI is used as an adjunct to mammography in women at increased risk for breast cancer. ME...