Breast imaging of the pregnant and lactating patient: imaging modalities and pregnancy-associated breast cancer.
OBJECTIVE
The purpose of this article is to review key clinical, histologic, and imaging features of pregnancy-associated breast cancer. A discussion of imaging modalities, including mammography, ultrasound, and MRI, and imaging-based interventions available for evaluating this population is provided.


CONCLUSIONS
Successful detection of pregnancy-associated breast cancer requires knowledge of key clinical and imaging features of pregnancy-associated breast carcinoma and selection of the appropriate imaging workup and intervention.
Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA. reenavashi@gmail.com
Reena
R
Vashi
Regina
R
Hooley
Reni
R
Butler
Jaime
J
Geisel
Liane
L
Philpotts
D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007774:Lactation; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011247:Pregnancy; D011252:Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology; D011379:Prognosis