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Table 1 Clinical indications, lesion characteristics on prebiopsy magnetic resonance imaging, and pathologic diagnosis in 15 lesions

From: Usefulness of magnetic resonance imaging-guided vacuum-assisted breast biopsy in Korean women: a pilot study

Number

Indications

Lesion characteristics on MRI

Pathology

  

Type

Size (mm)

Findings

Kinetics

BI-RADS category

Confirmative methods

Pathologic diagnosis

1

Interstitial mammoplasty, screening

Mass

22

Lobular, smooth, rim

Fast/washout

C4b

VABB/ surgery

IDC

2

Interstitial mammoplasty, screening

Mass

14

Lobular, smooth, homogeneous

Fast/plateau

C4a

VABB/ surgery

IDC

3

Interstitial mammoplasty, ipsilateral breast cancer, chemotherapy follow-up

Mass

8

Irregular, irregular, homogeneous

Fast/washout

C4b

VABB

IDC

4

Interstitial mammoplasty, screening

Mass

18

Irregular, spiculated, heterogeneous

Fast/washout

C5

VABB/ surgery

DCIS

5

Interstitial mammoplasty, screening

Mass

26

Lobular, irregular, heterogeneous

Fast/plateau

C4a

VABB

FA

6

Interstitial mammoplasty, screening

Mass

8

Irregular, irregular, homogeneous

Fast/plateau

C4a

VABB

FA

7

Interstitial mammoplasty, screening

Mass

5

Round, irregular, homogeneous

Fast/plateau

C4a

VABB

FA

8

Interstitial mammoplasty, screening

Mass

28

Lobular, irregular, heterogeneous

Medium/persistent

C4a

VABB

FCC

9

Interstitial mammoplasty, screening

Mass

16

Oval, irregular, heterogeneous

Fast/plateau

C4a

VABB

FCC

10

Interstitial mammoplasty, screening

Mass

6

Oval, irregular, homogeneous

Fast/washout

C4a

VABB

FCC

13

Interstitial mammoplasty, screening

Mass

9

Oval, smooth, heterogeneous

Fast/washout

C4a

VABB

Silicone mastitis

11

Breast cancer, preoperative staging

Mass

8

Oval, smooth, heterogeneous

Medium/plateau

C4a

VABB

FCC

12

Breast cancer follow-up

Nonmass

11

Focal, clumped

Medium/plateau

C4a

VABB

FCC

14

Breast cancer, preoperative staging

Mass

6

Oval, smooth, heterogeneous

Fast/washout

C4a

MRI FU

NA

15

Breast cancer, preoperative staging

Nonmass

5

Segmental, heterogeneous

Medium/plateau

C4a

MRI FU

NA

  1. BI-RADS American College of Radiology Breast Imaging Reporting and Data System, DCIS ductal carcinoma in situ, FA fibroadenoma, FCC fibrocystic change, IDC invasive ductal carcinoma, MRI magnetic resonance imaging, NA not available, VABB vacuum-assisted breast biopsy.