The role of magnetic resonance imaging in patients with palpable breast abnormalities and negative mammographic and sonographic findings
The Breast Journal Mar 04, 2020
Yalniz C, Campbell D, Le-Petross C, et al. - Researchers conducted a retrospective study including 22,004 patients who underwent breast MRI for palpable abnormalities from January 1, 2005, to December 31, 2015, in order to ascertain the frequency of positive findings on breast MRI in these patients. They identified negative or benign findings on mammography, ultrasound, or mammography plus ultrasound for 9,334 patients. Despite negative or benign mammographic and/or sonographic findings, MRI was undertaken in 31 patients with the complaint of palpable abnormalities. Outcomes suggest a low yield for malignancy of breast MRI to appraise palpable abnormalities after negative mammography and ultrasound. MRI examinations were here negative in the majority of patients (67.7%) and resulted in no identification of any malignancies. These findings do not support the use of MRI in patients with palpable abnormalities and negative mammographic and/or ultrasound studies.
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