TABLE 1.
Conventional Imaging Findings | MRI Findings | |||||||||
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Non mass Enhancement | Signal Intensity Curve |
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1 | grouped amorphous calcs | NA | 4a | over | linear | clumped | rapid | plateau | 4 | DCIS grade 2 |
2 | grouped amorphous calcs | NA | 4b | over | linear | clumped | medium | plateau | 4 | DCIS grade 1 |
3 | grouped amorphous calcs | occult | 4b | under | NA | NA | NA | NA | 1 | UDH |
4 | grouped heterogeneous calcs | occult | 4b | under | NA | NA | NA | NA | 2 | ADH |
5 | grouped amorphous calcs | occult | 4b | over | focal | heterogeneous | rapid | plateau | 4 | DCIS grade 1 |
6 | grouped amorphous calcs | NA | 4a | under | NA | NA | NA | NA | 2 | ADH |
7 | grouped coarse heterogeneous calcs | NA | 4c | under | NA | NA | NA | NA | 2 | ALH |
8 | grouped amorphous calcs | NA | 4c | over | linear | clumped | slow | persistent | 4 | IDC grade 1 |
9 | grouped coarse heterogeneous calcs | NA | 4c | under | focal | heterogeneous | rapid | plateau | 4 | DCIS grade 2 |
10 | grouped coarse heterogeneous calcs | hypaechoic mass | 4b | over | linear | clumped | rapid | plateau | 4 | DCIS grade 2 |
11 | grouped amorphous calcs | NA | 4a | under | NA | NA | NA | NA | 1 | ADH |
12 | grouped amorphous calcs | NA | 4c | under | NA | NA | NA | NA | 2 | ADH |
13 | grouped coarse heterogeneous calcs | occuit | 4b | over | NA | NA | NA | NA | 2 | FEA |
14 | segmental amorphous calcs | NA | 4b | over | linear | clumped | slow | persistent | 4 | DCIS grade 2 |
15 | focal asymmetry | hypoechoic mass | 4b | over | focal | homogeneous | rapid | washout | 4 | ADH, papilloma |
16 | segmental amorphous calcs | hypoechoic mass | 4b | over | segmental | clumped | rapid | plateau | 4 | IDC grade 1 |
17 | grouped amorphous calcs | NA | 4a | over | focal | homogeneous | medium | washout | 4 | DCIS grade 1 |
calcs: calcifications, NA: not available, UDH: usual ductal hyperplasia, ADH: atypical ductal hyperplasia, ALH: atypical lobular hyperplasia, FEA: flat epithelial atypia, DCIS: ductal carcinoma in situ, IDC: invasive ductal carcinoma