Fig. 17
From: Breast MRI during pregnancy and lactation: clinical challenges and technical advances
MRI of multi-centric IDC during lactation. MRI of a 40-year-old PABC patient (lactating for 18 months) is presented. The woman presented with a palpable left breast mass and was referred to pre-operative MRI upon IDC diagnosis. Note: Several multifocal tumor foci are shown on the subtracted DCE MRI of the left breast (red arrow heads), surrounded by a moderate BPE (grade 2) (a, b). In agreement, diffusion weighted images (b = 700) revealed restricted tumor regions (c, d), though incomplete fat saturation artifacts are also presented on the right breast (yellow arrow heads). The entire multifocal tumor distribution could be further appreciated on MIP images of DCE and CAD (e and f, respectively)