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Case Examples - Sequential AB- MR

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So, here's an example.

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This woman actually had 3.

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She had a February 2017, then

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January 2019, and then February 2021.

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She's kind of like on the every 2-year plan.

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Um, 52-year-old with extremely dense breasts.

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Look how dense they are on the MR, you can see.

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Um, and the 3rd round, abbreviated

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MR, you see this small, enhancing

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mass, 6 millimeters in the left breast.

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Now, could you see it before?

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It certainly doesn't look actionable to me.

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So this was, um, I think a very good catch again.

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We went back to her mammogram, could not

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find it on a tomosynthesis study, but

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did a targeted ultrasound in this case.

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And there it is.

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You can see it on the far right.

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A small round mass, very posterior

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when she's lying supine, obviously.

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And this was an invasive

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ductal carcinoma, ERPR positive.

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Here's another one.

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This is a 70-year-old with extremely dense

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breasts, negative mammo, screening ultrasound

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actually had been performed five months prior.

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Look at the mass.

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Interesting, huh?

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The second round abbreviated MR.

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This was October 2018, and then November 22, 2020.

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Sorry.

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So about 2 years and nothing on the prior.

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You really don't see a thing.

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And again, remember, she had that screening

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ultrasound 5 months prior to the November 2020 MR.

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R.

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5-millimeter mass by BI-RADS 5.

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Here you go, targeted ultrasound not seen clearly

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on the tomosynthesis, but targeted ultrasound

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probably would have been seen with screening

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ultrasound at this time, but not 5 months prior.

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Curious.

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This was an invasive ductal carcinoma.

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Again, ERPR positive.

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So, subsequent abbreviated MRIs had a

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lower abnormal interpretation rate.

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Higher PPV1, PPV2, um, compared to baseline.

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That makes sense 'cause you've

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got something to compare to.

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Cancer detection was maintained on subsequent

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rounds of abbreviated MR compared to the baseline.

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That's very remarkable.

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And all cancers detected on the subsequent

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exams were still early stage, which is great.

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Faculty

Emily F. Conant, MD

Professor of Radiology, Chief of Breast Imaging, Vice Chair of Faculty Development

Department of Radiology, University of Pennsylvania

Tags

Screening

Neoplastic

MRI

Diagnosis & Staging

Breast

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