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. 2011 Nov 11;22(4):915–922. doi: 10.1007/s00330-011-2322-0

Table 2.

Mammographic and MRI BI-RADS classification, number of voxels, the highest Cho concentration and histopathology for 26 breast lesions

Mammographic BI-RADS category MRI BI-RADS category No. of voxels Highest Cho concentration (mmol/L) Histopathology
10 BI-RADS 3 4 BI-RADS 2 6 0.4 Fibroadenoma
2 1.3 Fibroadenoma
2 1.3 No malignant cells
4 1.5 No malignant cells
5 BI-RADS 3 6 1.3 Fibroadenoma
2 1.3 Fibroadenoma
4 1.5 Fibrosis with apocrine metaplasia
4 1.0 Lobular hyperplasia without atypia
4 0.8 No malignant cells
1 BI-RADS 4 4 2.4 Invasive ductal carcinoma
16 BI-RADS 4 1 BI-RADS 2 2 1.3 Fibroadenoma
3 BI-RADS 3 5 1.4 Epithelial hyperplasia without atypia
2 1.8 Invasive ductal carcinoma
2 2.3 Invasive lobular carcinoma
4 BI-RADS 4 2 1.7 Invasive ductal carcinoma
2 1.8 Invasive ductal carcinoma
3 2.2 Invasive ductal carcinoma
7 6.8 Invasive ductal carcinoma
8 BI-RADS 5 3 2.5 Invasive ductal carcinoma
4 4.1 Invasive ductal carcinoma
4 2.4 Invasive ductal carcinoma
6 4.6 Invasive ductal carcinoma
4 6.8 Invasive ductal carcinoma
5 11.8 Invasive lobular carcinoma
14 3.4 Invasive lobular carcinoma (Fig. 1)
7 3.9 Metaplastic carcinoma