Journal
RADIOLOGY
Volume 232, Issue 2, Pages 585-591Publisher
RADIOLOGICAL SOC NORTH AMERICA
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2322030547
Keywords
breast neoplasms, diagnosis; breast neoplasms, MR; magnetic resonance (MR), contrast enhancement; magnetic resonance (MR), perfusion study; magnetic resonance (MR), spectroscopy
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PURPOSE: To prospectively determine if a combined magnetic resonance (MR) protocol that includes T1-weighted dynamic contrast agent-enhanced (DCE) MR imaging, hydrogen 1 (H-1) MR spectroscopy, and T2*-weighted per-fusion MR imaging improves specificity in the diagnosis of breast cancer. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The combined MR imaging-MR spectroscopy protocol was performed in 50 patients after positive findings at mammography but prior to biopsy. Single-voxel proton MR spectroscopy and perfusion MR imaging were conducted only if DCE MR images showed rapid contrast enhancement in the lesion. Biopsy results were used as the reference for comparison with MR results and for calculation of sensitivity and specificity in the detection of breast malignancy. RESULTS: DCE MR imaging alone showed 100% sensitivity and 62.5% specificity. The specificity improved to 87.5% with the addition of H-1 MR spectroscopy and to 100% with the further addition of perfusion MR imaging. Twenty-eight patients underwent both MR spectroscopy and perfusion MR imaging. Two patients underwent MR spectroscopy but declined to undergo perfusion MR imaging. The remaining 20 patients had negative results at DCE MR imaging and therefore did not undergo the additional examinations CONCLUSION: The combined MR protocol of DCE MR imaging, H-1 MR spectroscopy, and perfusion MR imaging has high sensitivity and specificity in the diagnosis of breast cancer. (C) RSNA 2004.
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