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Fig. 15 | Insights into Imaging

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From: Breast MRI during pregnancy and lactation: clinical challenges and technical advances

Fig. 15

MRI of DCIS during lactation. Images of a 40-year-old PABC patient (lactating for 4 months) with DCIS confirmed on operation are presented. The patient underwent screening mammography with adjuvant breast US (not presented) due to the extremely dense breasts on mammography (BI-RADS D) (c). Mammography revealed suspicious pleomorphic micro-calcifications in segmental distribution along 6 cm in the left upper outer quadrant (c). Pre-operative MRI showed NME on top of the surrounding prominent lactation-induced BPE, typical for DCIS, in agreement with the calcifications location (a). Furthermore, an excellent tumor delineation was afforded by non-fat surpassed T2-weighted image, showing hypo-intense region in the tumor area (b)

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