title: MR-guided localization of suspected breast lesions detected exclusively by postcontrast MRI.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  We describe and evaluate a preoperative MRI localization procedure for suspected breast lesions.
  
  
  METHODS
  Fourteen consecutive patients underwent MR localization of suspected breast lesions discovered with contrast-enhanced MRI but not detected by conventional mammography or ultrasound. In each case diagnostic MRI was repeated after the application of special skin markers. A non-magnetic wire was subsequently inserted into the breast and a second MRI performed to document the position of the wire tip relative to the lesion.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The procedure was successful in all 14 patients, enabling excision of the lesion and allowing histological diagnoses.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We found the described procedure to be quite useful.
authors: Department of Radiology, University of Göttingen, Germany.
authors: U
authors: U
authors: Fischer
authors: R
authors: R
authors: Vosshenrich
authors: H
authors: H
authors: Bruhn
authors: D
authors: D
authors: Keating
authors: B W
authors: BW
authors: Raab
authors: J W
authors: JW
authors: Oestmann
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001940:Breast / Q000473:pathology*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D003287:Contrast Media; D004338:Drug Combinations; D005260:Female; D019786:Gadolinium DTPA; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D008536:Meglumine; D008875:Middle Aged; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D004369:Pentetic Acid / Q000031:analogs & derivatives; D011300:Preoperative Care
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media; D004338:Drug Combinations; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D008536:Meglumine; D004369:Pentetic Acid; D019786:Gadolinium DTPA