Fibroadenoma MRI
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Ifeoma Odukwe, M.D. [2] Haytham Allaham, M.D. [3]
Overview
Overview
MRI may be helpful in the diagnosis of fibroadenoma.
MRI
MRI
- MRI may be helpful in the diagnosis of fibroadenoma.
- It has limited ability to differentiate benign lesions from malignant ones on the basis of signal intensity and enhancement alone.[1]
- MRI image characteristics observed among fibroadenoma patients include:[1]
- A lobular, oval or round lesion
- Internal septations which can correlate with collagenous bands on histopathologic analysis.
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References
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Hochman MG, Orel SG, Powell CM, Schnall MD, Reynolds CA, White LN (1997). “Fibroadenomas: MR imaging appearances with radiologic-histopathologic correlation”. Radiology. 204 (1): 123–9. doi:10.1148/radiology.204.1.9205233. PMID 9205233.
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