Fig. 15From: Breast MRI during pregnancy and lactation: clinical challenges and technical advancesMRI of DCIS during lactation. Images of a 40-year-old PABC patient (lactating for 4Â 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 6Â 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)Back to article page