Breast carcinomas with strong high-signal intensity on T2-weighted MR images: Pathological characteristics and differential diagnosis

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 502-510

  Yuen, Sachiko ^a,b   Uematsu, Takayoshi ^a   Kasami, Masako ^a   Tanaka, Kumiko ^a   Kimura, Kiyomi ^a   Sanuki, Junichi ^a   Uchida, Yoshihiro ^a   Furukawa, Hiroyoshi ^a  

^a SHIZUOKA CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

^b KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Breast carcinoma; High signal intensity; Histopathology; Mucinous carcinoma; Special type; T2 weighted image

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; BREAST CARCINOMA; BREAST FIBROADENOMA; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADENOCARCINOMA, MUCINOUS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FIBROADENOMA; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 33847668330     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.20845     Document Type: Article

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