title: MR imaging in the evaluation of equivocal clinical and imaging findings of the breast.
abstract: Because of its high negative predictive value in excluding breast cancer, magnetic resonance (MR) imaging plays a role in the evaluation of selected clinical and imaging findings of the breast, especially when biopsy is not technically feasible. Case selection is very important in ensuring the efficacy of this use of MR imaging because of potential false-positive and (albeit less likely) false-negative results. This article examines the clinical scenarios and imaging findings in which MR imaging is contributory to patient management after conventional workup with equivocal results.
authors.affiliation: Breast Health Center, California Pacific Medical Center, 3698 California Street, 2nd Floor, San Francisco, CA 94118, USA. leungjw@sutterhealth.org
authors.forename: Jessica W T
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Leung
mesh_terms: D001940:Breast / Q000473:pathology; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D002921:Cicatrix / Q000175:diagnosis; D005189:False Positive Reactions; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008327:Mammography; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000175:diagnosis; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity