Report
HISTORY: 49 year old woman presented with recently diagnosed invasive ductal carcinoma with micropapillary features grade 2 left breast cancer presented to evaluate extent of disease
Summary of prior imaging
Mammography: In the setting of extremely dense breasts, there is global asymmetry in the upper outer quadrant of the left breast anterior and middle depths. There is an incompletely visualized enlarged left axillary lymph node.
Ultrasound: Poorly delineated architectural distortion and hypoechoic masses with posterior acoustic shadowing is noted in the left breast from 10:00 to 3:00 1-7 cm from the nipple at the site of palpable mass. There are 2 enlarged left axillary lymph nodes.
Breast MRI: None
FINDINGS
Quality control issues: ☒None ☐Poor/lack contrast bolus ☐Poor fat suppression
☐Susceptibility ☐Movement ☐Other
Background Parenchymal Enhancement: Mild
Amount of Fibroglandular Tissue: Extreme fibroglandular tissue
LEFT BREAST
Narrative: There is clumped enhancement spanning 10 cm in confluent manner in the upper outer quadrant and upper inner quadrant anterior and middle depths. Abnormal enhancement abuts the lateral areolar margin anteriorly and measures 3 mm from the superficial pectoralis fascia posteriorly. The enhancement extends into the lower outer quadrant to lesser degree.
Type III kinetics predominate. There is no associated nipple retraction or skin enhancement. There are 4-5 enlarged level I axillary lymph nodes.
Left breast lesion 1
Lesion type: Non-mass enhancement
10 cm. Multicentric Upper outer and Upper inner and Lower outer Quadrant, to within less than 1 cm from the nipple
Non mass enhancement: Distribution: Diffuse, Internal enhancement: Clumped, Kinetics: delayed- Washout
BI-RADS:6: Known biopsy-proven malignancy: Surgical exicision when clinically appropriate
Associated findings LEFT: ☒NONE, ☐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: ☐NONE, ☒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 LEFT: ☒NONE, ☐Fat necrosis, ☐Hamartoma, ☐Post-operative seroma/hematoma with fat
Lymph nodes LEFT: ☐Normal axillary, ☒Abnormal axillary: abnormal level 1 lymph nodes, 4-5 in number, ☐ Abnormal internal mammary
RIGHT BREAST
Narrative: There are adjacent enhancing irregular masses in the upper inner quadrant middle depth measuring 1.2 and 0.7 cm, overall 1.7 x 1.3 cm with Types II and III kinetics. There is NME in linear distribution in the lower inner quadrant middle depth measuring 2.1 cm with Type II kinetics. There is NME in regional distribution in the lower outer quadrant middle depth measuring 4.4 cm with Type I kinetics.
Right breast lesion 1
Lesion type: Mass
1.2 cm. Upper inner Quadrant. 2:00 Radian. 4.0 cm from the nipple
Mass/post-surgical change: Shape:Irregular. Margins:Not circumscribed-irregular.
Enhancement: Homogenous. Kinetics: delayed- Washout
BI-RADS: 5: Highly suggestive of malignancy: Tissue diagnosis
Right breast lesion 2
Lesion type: Mass
0.7 cm. Upper inner Quadrant. 2:00 Radian. 5.5 cm from the nipple
Mass/post-surgical change: Shape:Irregular. Margins:Not circumscribed-irregular.
Enhancement: Homogenous. Kinetics: delayed- Washout
BI-RADS: 5: Highly suggestive of malignancy: Tissue diagnosis
Right breast lesion 3
Lesion type: Non-mass enhancement
2.1 cm. Lower inner Quadrant. 3:30 Radian. 6.0 cm from the nipple
Non mass enhancement: Distribution: Linear, Internal enhancement: Homogenous, Kinetics: delayed- Cannot assess
BI-RADS: 4: Suspicious abnormality: Tissue diagnosis
Right breast lesion 4
Lesion type: Non-mass enhancement
4.4 cm. Lower outer Quadrant. 7:00 Radian. 5.5 cm from the nipple
Non mass enhancement: Distribution: Regional, Internal enhancement: Heterogenous, Kinetics: delayed- Progressive
BI-RADS: 2: Benign: Routine breast MRI screening if cumulative lifetime risk =>20%
Associated findings RIGHT breast: ☒NONE, ☐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: ☒NONE, ☐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: ☒NONE, ☐Fat necrosis, ☐Hamartoma, ☐Post-operative seroma/hematoma with fat
Lymph nodes RIGHT: ☒Normal axillary, ☐Abnormal axillary, ☐ Abnormal internal
mammary
Extramammary findings: None
SUMMARY:
LEFT BI-RADS: 6: Known biopsy-proven malignancy: Surgical excision when clinically appropriate.
RIGHT BI-RADS: 5: Highly suggestive of malignancy: Tissue diagnosis
RECOMMENDATIONS: Recall for second look ultrasound to assist pre-biopsy planning right breast upper inner quadrant masses and lower inner quadrant NME.
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
© 2024 MRI Online. All Rights Reserved.