Title |
Breast findings incidentally detected on body MRI
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Published in |
SpringerPlus, June 2016
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DOI | 10.1186/s40064-016-2343-x |
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Authors |
Bianca Bignotti, Giulia Succio, Francesca Nosenzo, Michela Perinetti, Licia Gristina, Stella Barbagallo, Lucia Secondini, Massimo Calabrese, Alberto Tagliafico |
Abstract |
To evaluate breast findings incidentally detected on body MRI. A retrospective review of the institutional database identified 1752 body MRI performed between January 2015 and September 2015. MRI of women with breast tissue visible in the field-of-view were reviewed for breast findings. Breast findings were classified with the breast imaging reporting and data system (BI-RADS) lexicon. The standard statistic, costs of additional work-up, and the clinical relevance were used to describe breast findings, and we calculated 95 % exact confidence intervals (CIs). 440 body MRI of 440 women (mean age: 57 ± 20 years) included breast tissue in the field-of-view. A total of 41 breast findings were identified in 41 patients. Breast findings were classified BI-RADS 2 N = 25, BI-RADS 3 N = 13, BI-RADS 4 N = 3. A total of 3.6 % [95 % CI 1.6 %, 5.6 %] women with breast tissue visible on MRI had a recommendation for further imaging work-up for a breast finding. The 18.7 % (3 of 16) of these patients had a clinically important finding (breast cancer). Further imaging evaluation increased costs of €108.3 per patient with a breast finding. Clinically important breast findings could be detected on body MRI in up to 0.7 % (3 of 440) of women. |
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