title: Imaging of regional spread of breast cancer by internal mammary lymphoscintigraphy, CT, and MRI.
abstract: Forty women with breast cancer underwent imaging by internal mammary lymphoscintigraphy (IMLS), which was correlated with the results of CT and MRI of the chest. IMLS was performed and interpreted using the previously described methods of Ege. It identified 22 instances of ipsilateral internal mammary nodal involvement, none of which corresponded to cases of abnormally enlarged (diameter greater than 1.0 cm) internal mammary nodes on CT and/or MRI. Positive IMLS was associated with axillary nodal metastases in 15 out of 22 instances. The authors conclude that IMLS provides information on regional nodal spread of breast cancer that is not available with either CT/MRI imaging or axillary biopsy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee.
authors.forename: H T
authors.initials: HT
authors.lastname: Turoglu
authors.forename: N A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Janjan
authors.forename: M K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Thorsen
authors.forename: K A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Shaffer
authors.forename: P S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Ritch
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Hansen
authors.forename: A P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Walker
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gai
authors.forename: B D
authors.initials: BD
authors.lastname: Collier
mesh_terms: D000965:Antimony; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D003102:Colloids; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis / Q000175:diagnosis; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013667:Technetium; D017556:Technetium Compounds; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D003102:Colloids; D017556:Technetium Compounds; C019096:technetium Tc 99m antimony sulfide; D013667:Technetium; D000965:Antimony