Report
HISTORY: 58 year old woman, high risk screening breast MRI, prior history of right breast invasive ductal cancer s/p right mastectomy and TRAM flap reconstruction 1 year prior to this MRI.
Summary of prior imaging:
Mammography: No right breast imaging after surgery. Left breast BI-RAD 1
Ultrasound: NA
Breast MRI: NA
FINDINGS
Quality control issues: ☒None ☐Poor/lack contrast bolus ☐Poor fat suppression
☐Susceptibility ☐Movement ☐Other
Background Parenchymal Enhancement: Moderate
Amount of Fibroglandular Tissue: Heterogenous glandular tissue
LEFT BREAST
Narrative: Scattered foci of enhancement consistent with fibrocystic/hormonal changes
Associated findings LEFT breast: ☐Nipple retraction, ☐Nipple involvement, ☐Skin
retraction, ☐Skin thickening, ☐Skin invasion-direct, ☐Skin invasion-inflammatory,
☐Pectoral muscle invasion, ☐Chest wall invasion, ☐ Architectural distortion
Non-enhancing findings LEFT breast: ☐High ductal signal pre contrast T1, ☐Cyst(s), ☐Hematoma/seroma, ☐Post therapy skin/trabecular thickening, ☐Non-enhancing mass, ☐Architectural distortion, ☐Signal void from clips
BI-RADS:2: Benign
Fat containing lesions LEFT: ☐Fat necrosis, ☐Hamartoma, ☐Post-operative
seroma/hematoma with fat
Lymph nodes LEFT: ☒Normal axillary, ☐Abnormal axillary, ☐ Abnormal internal mammary
RIGHT BREAST
Narrative: Post TRAM flap findings with skin thickening. Multiple areas of non-mass enhancement surrounding areas of fat consistent with fat necrosis.
Associated findings RIGHT breast: ☐Nipple retraction, ☐Nipple involvement, ☐Skin retraction, ☐Skin thickening, ☐Skin invasion-direct, ☐Skin invasion-inflammatory,☐Pectoral muscle invasion, ☐Chest wall invasion, ☐ Architectural distortion
Non-enhancing findings RIGHT breast: ☐High ductal signal pre contrast T1, ☐Cyst(s), ☐Hematoma/seroma, ☒Post therapy skin/trabecular thickening, ☐Non-enhancing mass, ☐Architectural distortion, ☐Signal void from clips
Fat containing lesions RIGHT: ☒Fat necrosis, ☐Hamartoma, ☐Post-operative
seroma/hematoma with fat
Lymph nodes RIGHT: ☒Normal axillary, ☐Abnormal axillary, ☐ Abnormal internal mammary
BI-RADS:2: Benign
Extramammary findings: None
SUMMARY: Extensive fat necrosis right breast following TRAM flap reconstruction. No evidence malignancy.
RECOMMENDATIONS: Continue annual high risk screening
Case Discussion
Faculty
Petra J Lewis, MBBS
Professor of Radiology and OBGYN
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center & Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth
Sheryl G. Jordan, MD
Professor, Department of Radiology
University of North Carolina School of Medicine
Ryan W. Woods, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Radiology
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
Tags
Women's Health
MRI
Breast
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