Unilateral primary breast edema: Can T2-weighted images meet the diagnostic challenge?

Abstract Background Unilateral primary breast edema may pose a diagnostic challenge. Excluding malignant etiologies is of utmost importance and require the use dynamic MRI examination as problem solver. Yet, enhancement pattern benign disorders associated with edematous breasts overlap, this add to dilemma. So, our aim in current study was assess role T2-weighted MR imaging problem-solving sequence differentiating from causes breast. Results In prospective study, 65/96 cases were 31/96 malignant. By individual analysis signal intensity examination, there significant correlation between low T2 lesion etiology resultant higher sensitivity 83.87% specificity 98.46% compared contrast-enhanced series, which achieved 80.65% 20.00%. The combined assessment WI series yielded 100% 98.46%. Conclusions T2WI evaluation breast, yielding added value approach improving overall performance MRI.