title: Focal transitional mastitis in MR-Mammography: Preliminary findings.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  During clinical routine, we retrospectively discovered diagnostic criteria for "focal mastitis" in MR-Mammography (MRM). The aim of this study was to prospectively evaluate these criteria.
  
  
  METHODS
  1975 consecutive patients were examined between 01/2010 and 12/2011. 29 patients fit the diagnostic criteria of focal mastitis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In follow-up scans, 28 patients showed a complete remission of the previous findings. One patient was followed-up with persisting findings, which could histologically be correlated to an area of DCIS after biopsy.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The morphologic, kinetic and follow-up criteria we discovered seem to be a reliable diagnostic indicator for focal mastitis.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Clinical Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, University Medical Centre Mannheim, Medical Faculty Mannheim-University of Heidelberg, Germany.
authors.forename: Clemens G
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Kaiser
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomedical Imaging and Image-Guided Therapy, Medical University Vienna, Austria.
authors.forename: Pascal
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Baltzer
authors.affiliation: Institute of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology I, Friedrich-Schiller-University Hospital Jena, Germany.
authors.forename: Matthias
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dietzel
authors.affiliation: School of Social Science, University of Mannheim, Germany.
authors.forename: Anna K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Kaiser
authors.affiliation: Institute of Clinical Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, University Medical Centre Mannheim, Medical Faculty Mannheim-University of Heidelberg, Germany.
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Henzler
authors.affiliation: Institute of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology I, Friedrich-Schiller-University Hospital Jena, Germany.
authors.forename: Werner A
authors.initials: WA
authors.lastname: Kaiser
authors.affiliation: Institute of Clinical Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, University Medical Centre Mannheim, Medical Faculty Mannheim-University of Heidelberg, Germany.
authors.forename: Julia
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Knaudt