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. 2020 Feb 1;93(1106):20190733. doi: 10.1259/bjr.20190733

Table 3.

Outcomes of screening breast MRI

Results of MRI Mode of confirmation Method of biopsy Results of biopsy
AB-MRI (n = 656) Positive (20) Biopsy or FNA (13) Ultrasound-guided CNB (11) Malignant (5) IDC (3)
ILC (1)
DCIS (1)
Benign (6) Fat necrosis (2)
Stromal fibrosis (1)
Usual ductal epithelial hyperplasia (1)
Intrauctal papilloma (1)
Fibroadenoma (1)
Ultrasound-guided FNA (2) Malignant (2) Metastatic carcinoma (internal mammary LN)
Follow up (7) Benign (7)
Negative (636) Biopsy or FNA (3) Ultrasound-guided CNB (2)  Malignant (2)  IDC
Ultrasound-guided FNA (1)  Malignant (1)  Metastatic carcinoma (axillary LN)
Follow up (633) Negative results of follow up images after 1 year (633)
FDP-MRI (n = 656)  Positive (26) Biopsy or FNA (18) Ultrasound-guided CNB (6) Malignant (3) IDC (1)
Metaplastic carcinoma (1)
DCIS (1)
Benign (3) Stromal fibrosis (2)
Nonspecific benign (1)
Ultrasound-guided FNA (1) Malignant (1) Metastatic carcinoma (internal mammary LN)
MR-guided VAB (9) Malignant (1) IDC
Benign (8) Sclerosing adenosis (1)
Stromal fibrosis (1)
Atypical ductal hyperplasia (1)
Fibrocystic change (1)
Chronic inflammation (1)
Fibroadenomatous mastopathy (1)
Non-specific benign (2)
Ex after MR-guided localization (2) Malignant (1) Invasive cribriform carcinoma
Benign (1) Atypical ductal hyperplasia
Follow up (8) Benign (8)
Negative (630) Follow up (630) Negative results of follow up images after 1 year (630)

CNB, core needle biopsy; FNA, fine needle aspiration; VAB, vacuum-assisted biopsy; Ex, excisional biopsy; IDC, invasive ductal carcinoma; ILC, invasive lobular carcinoma; DCIS, ductal carcinoma in situ; LN, lymph node.