Malignant spiculated breast masses: Dynamic contrast enhanced MR (DCE-MR) imaging enhancement characteristics and histopathological correlation

GÖKALP G., Topal U., Yildirim N., TOLUNAY Ş.

EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF RADIOLOGY, cilt.81, sa.2, ss.203-208, 2012 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 81 Sayı: 2
  • Basım Tarihi: 2012
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2010.12.022
  • Dergi Adı: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF RADIOLOGY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.203-208
  • Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Aim: Spiculation of breast masses is usually the result of significant desmoplastic reaction. Diminished neovascularization is expected due to sparsely dispersed tumor cells within the lesion. This feature can cause differences in enhancement patterns which can cause pitfalls while evaluating MR images as well. Aim of this study is to explore the enhancement characteristics of malignant spiculated masses and to correlate these findings with histopathological features.