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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Acad Radiol. 2007 Feb;14(2):229–238. doi: 10.1016/j.acra.2006.10.022

Table 1.

Multimodality Imaging and Pathology Results

CE-DBT
Case # Side Digital
Mammography
Ultrasound MR Pathology Pre-contrast DBT Post-contrast DBT
 1 Left 9 mm group of
calcifications. Status
post core biopsy.
10×12×9 mm
hypoechoic
mass.
11 mm enhancing
lesion. Adjacent
hematoma.
Infiltrating ductal
carcinoma, 1.8
cm. Biopsy site
reaction.
Rounded density
adjacent to biopsy
clip.
Enhancing mass
adjacent to post-
biopsy seroma/hematoma.
 2 Left Focal asymmetry with
12 mm cluster of
heterogeneous
calcifications.
Negative Negative Usual ductal
hyperplasia
without atypia.
Negative Negative
 3 Right 3.2 cm focal
asymmetry
Multiple
solid
vascular
masses.
3.5 cm area of
clumped
enhancement
Invasive ductal
carcinoma
Multiple masses Segmental,
clumped
enhancement.
 4 Right Post-lumpectomy
changes. Residual
calcifications at
margin.
Post-
lumpectomy
seroma
5mm enhancing
nodule at edge of
seroma.
DCIS Seroma. Otherwise
negative.
Clumped
enhancement at
edge of seroma.
 5 Right 1.4 cm ill-defined
asymmetry
Irregular
solid mass
1.3 cm enhancing
mass
Infiltrating ductal
carcinoma
Spiculated mass Enhancing
spiculated mass
 6 Left 2 masses (1.6 cm and
3 cm), index lesion
with biopsy clip.
2 irregular
masses
2 adjacent
enhancing masses
(combined size of
4.3 cm).
Invasive ductal
carcinoma
2 adjacent masses 2 enhancing
masses
 7 Right Post-excisional
biopsy seroma
Post-excisional
biopsy seroma
Clumped
enhancement
posterior to
seroma
7.5 × 3.6 × 5.0 cm
post-biopsy
cavity. Residual
intraductal
carcinoma.
Post-excisional
biopsy seroma
Enhancement
posterior to seroma
 8 Left Calcifications on
film-screen only. DM
negative.
8 mm mass in
medial breast
Small mass with
adjacent focus
of enhancement
in medial breast
Invasive ductal
carcinoma with
DCIS
No calcifications
demonstrated
Small foci of
enhancement in
central breast
 9 -
bloody
nipple
discharge
Right Negative 2 cm mass in
central breast.
Retroareolar
fibroadenoma
Enhancing 2 cm
mass in central
breast.
Retroareolar
fibroadenoma.
Intraductal
papilloma
No suspicious
finding
No suspicious
finding
10 Left 7 cm region of
pleomorphic
calcifications in
lateral breast
Large mass in
lateral breast
Large
enhancing mass
Extensive DCIS Large mass in
upper outer
quadrant
Enhancing
irregular mass in
upper outer
quadrant
11 Left 3.6 cm lobular mass
in superior breast
3.6 cm lobular
mass
Enhancing 3.6
cm lobular mass
Invasive lobular
carcinoma
Lobulated mass in
upper breast
Enhancing
lobulated mass in
upper breast
12 Right Post-biopsy changes.
Calcifications in
superior and lateral
breast
Post-biopsy
changes
Post-biopsy
changes
DCIS at margins
of post-biopsy
cavity
Post-biopsy
changes
Post-biopsy
changes
13 Left Small mass in upper
outer quadrant
Mass in lateral
breast
10 × 9 mm
enhancing mass
in lateral breast
Invasive ductal
carcinoma with
DCIS
Biopsy clip Small focus of faint
enhancement
adjacent to biopsy
clip