Invasive lobular carcinoma: Detection with mammography, sonography, MRI, and breast-specific gamma imaging

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 192, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 379-383

  Brem, Rachel F ^a   Ioffe, Marina ^a   Rapelyea, Jocelyn A ^a   Yost, Kristen G ^a   Weigert, Jean M ^b   Bertrand, Margaret L ^c   Stern, Lillian H ^d  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Mandell and Blau MD's PC   (United States)

^c Bertrand Breast and Osteoporosis Center   (United States)

^d THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Breast MRI; Breast sonography; Breast specific gamma imaging; Gamma imaging; Invasive lobular carcinoma; Women's imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INVASION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOMAMMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GAMMA SCINTIGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAMMOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOSENSITIVITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCINTIMAMMOGRAPHY; STANDARD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, LOBULAR; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; GAMMA CAMERAS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TECHNETIUM TC 99M SESTAMIBI; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, MAMMARY;

EID: 59349115565     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.07.3827     Document Type: Article

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