Medullary carcinoma of the breast: Role of contrast-enhanced MRI in the diagnosis of multiple breast lesions

2009

Medullary Carcinoma of the Breast: MRI's Role in Diagnosis

Sample size: 1 publication Evidence: low

Author Information

Author(s): Abdul Rashid SN MBBS, MRad, Rahmat K MBBS, FRCR, MRad, Jayaprasagam KJ MBBS, FRCR, MRad, Alli K MBBS, MRad, Moosa F MBBS, FRCR

Primary Institution: Department of Biomedical Imaging, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Malaysia

Can contrast-enhanced MRI improve the diagnosis of medullary carcinoma in patients with multifocal breast lesions?

Contrast-enhanced MRI is useful in characterizing multiple breast lesions and can help differentiate malignant from benign tumors.

Medullary carcinoma is a rare type of breast cancer that can be hard to diagnose.
Conventional imaging may miss medullary carcinoma due to overlapping features with benign lesions.
Contrast-enhanced MRI showed a lobulated mass consistent with medullary carcinoma.

This study shows that MRI can help doctors see if a breast lump is cancer or not, especially when other tests are confusing.

The case report involved imaging and pathological correlation using contrast-enhanced MRI to diagnose breast lesions.

The study is based on a single case report, limiting generalizability.

A 25-year-old female with a family history of breast cancer.

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