MRI of metaplastic carcinoma of the breast

M Velasco; G Santamaria; S Ganau; B Farrus; G Zanon; C Romagosa; PL Fernandez

doi:10.2214/ajr.184.4.01841274

MRI of metaplastic carcinoma of the breast

M Velasco^*, G Santamaria, S Ganau, B Farrus, G Zanon, C Romagosa, PL Fernandez

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Department of Morphological Sciences

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Abstract

OBJECTIVE. The purpose of our study was to describe the MRI findings of metaplastic carcinoma of the breast and to compare those findings with underlying histopathologic features.

CONCLUSION. Metaplastic carcinoma of the breast shows high signal intensity on T2-weighted MRI. This finding is related to the necrotic component of the tumor and may be useful for preoperative diagnosis of metaplastic carcinoma of the breast, although it must be differentiated from mucinous carcinoma and, less frequently, necrotic infiltrating ductal carcinoma.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1274-1278
Number of pages	5
Journal	American journal of roentgenology (AJR)
Volume	184
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2214/ajr.184.4.01841274
Publication status	Published - Apr 2005

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SONOGRAPHIC FINDINGS

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