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. 2012 Apr;85(1012):395–402. doi: 10.1259/bjr/30798119

Table 1. Indications of MRI, MRI characteristics of the lesions, pathological diagnoses and procedure times.

Patient number Age (years) Indications MRI appearance Lesion size on MRI/histopathological lesion size (mm) Pathological diagnosis Intervention time (min) Total time (min)
1 51 History of contralateral breast cancer Left, retroareolar, irregularly contoured distorted mass 12/10 Invasive ductal cancer grade 2 10 23
2 52 Family history of breast cancer Right, deep-located, uniformly contoured enhancing mass 10/10 Intraductal papilloma 14 26
3 35 Problem-solving Right, retroareolar, irregularly contoured non-mass 13/9 Fibrocystic changes 14 27
4 41 Contralateral breast cancer Right, deep-located, uniformly contoured enhancing mass 12/14 Sclerosing adenosis 13 32
5 64 History of ipsilateral breast cancer Left, enhancing uniform nodular mass 9/10 Atypical ductal hyperplasia 17 34
6 45 History of ipsilateral breast cancer Right, millimetric, enhancing nodular mass 6/6 Fibroadenoma 16 35
7 32 Contralateral breast cancer Left, asymmetrical contrast-enhancing, irregularly contoured non-mass 11/10 Radial scar 20 37
8 49 Family history of breast cancer Left, irregularly contoured mass, enhancing suspicious areas, multicentricity? 13/8 Invasive lobular cancer grade 2 18 37
9 33 Axillary metastasis Left, irregularly contoured enhancing mass 13/15 Invasive ductal cancer grade 3 12 30
10 47 Contralateral breast cancer Left, hazy contoured asymmetrically enhancing lesion 13/10 Sclerosing adenosis 13 24
11 46 Problem-solving Left, enhancing mass adjacent to the pectoralis muscle 7/9 Atypical ductal hyperplasia 10 39
12 56 Family history of breast cancer Right, enhancing focus 5/9 Fibrocystic changes 10 22
13 43 Problem-solving Right, enhancing mass 6/6 Intraductal papilloma 17 37
14 45 Family history of breast cancer Left, irregularly contoured enhancing non-mass lesion 14/10 Radial scar 20 46
15 50 Problem-solving Right, irregularly contoured enhancing non-mass lesion 6/9 Sclerosing adenosis 10 23
16 39 Family history of breast cancer Right, enhancing millimetric focus 4/5 Sclerosing adenosis 15 23
17 54 Contralateral breast cancer Right, irregularly contoured enhancing lesion 12/14 Invasive ductal cancer grade 3 9 25
18 57 Contralateral breast cancer Right, uniform contoured enhancing nodular mass 7/7 Atypical ductal hyperplasia 8 19
19 52 Problem-solving Left, lobulated contoured enhancing nodular mass 9/10 Fibroadenoma 8 18
20 57 Axillary metastasis Left, irregularly contoured enhancing mass 8/8 Invasive ductal cancer grade 2 13 25
21 66 History of contralateral breast cancer Left, irregularly contoured enhancing non-mass lesion 25/21 Atypical ductal hyperplasia 14 28
22 45 Family history of breast cancer Right, lobulated contoured enhancing nodular mass 7/7 Fibroadenoma 15 26
23 46 Contralateral breast cancer Right, asymmetrical contrast-enhancing non-mass 15/13 Invasive lobular cancer grade 3 12 23
24 48 Family history of breast cancer Left, irregularly contoured enhancing non-mass lesion 15/12 Atypical ductal hyperplasia 8 20
25 46 Contralateral breast cancer Left, deep-located, asymmetrical contrast-enhancing, irregularly contoured non-mass 15/15 Sclerosing adenosis 12 25