Fig. 8
From: Breast MRI during pregnancy and lactation: clinical challenges and technical advances
Mastitis. Unenhanced MR images of 37-year-old pregnant patient with refractory mastitis are presented. The patient presented with breast edema, erythema and pruritus and blinded subcutaneous punch biopsies revealed adenosis on pathology. Because of continuous symptoms despite treatment, we were requested to perform MRI without contrast injection to rule out underlying inflammatory carcinoma. T2 weighted image revealed thickened skin (a) (yellow line), while no focal restriction was noted on ADC map (b)