Inflammatory breast cancer-importance of breast imaging

Breast cancer imaging: a new role of Tc-99m sestamibi prone scintimammography for diagnosisof breast cancer

Mammography remians the procedure of choice in screening asymptomatic women for breast cancer. However, in patients with symptoms, other types of imaging play an important role in the detection of malignancies. The high cost and lack of availability of PET and MRI largely precludes the use in this patient population. TI-201 is nbt the imaging agent of choice because of its wash-out and redistri...

Breast Implants and Breast Cancer

Inflammatory breast cancer.

The very original definition of carcinomatous mastitis suggests the main diagnostic difficulty of this onchologic condition. Actually it is more correctly appointed as inflammatory breast cancer, because notwithstanding the inflammatory appearance, it is a true systemic breast cancer, for which surgery represents an only marginal treatment resource. If is now well known that radical mastectomy ...

the importance of diffusion weighted imaging in breast mri

objectives the aim of this study was to evaluate the value of diffusion weighted imaging in diffusion weighted imaging in distinguishing between in benign and malignant breast lesion methods there were 37 female patients with 47 lesions. sixty seven female subjectd (40 mean age ) ,age ranges 17-69 , with histopathologically proven breast lesions underwent dwi of breasts with a single shot echo ...

Inflammatory breast cancer.

To cite: Trikalinos NA, Yared J. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/bcr-2013009029 DESCRIPTION A 55-year-old woman presented with a few months’ complaints of weight loss, fatigue, shortness of breath and a rapidly growing right breast mass. She had no family history of breast cancer. Physical examination showed a cachectic patient with a firm, indurated, ...