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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-2-17
pubmed:abstractText
Invasive lobular breast carcinoma accounts for approximately 15% of all breast cancers and is difficult to detect using conventional breast imaging techniques. We report a comparison between clinical, ultrasound scan (USS), mammographic and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of 22 patients with invasive lobular breast carcinomas. Actual tumour size was ascertained by histopathology. MRI detected 21 of the 22 invasive lobular cancers whilst mammography and USS detected 16 and 20 respectively. 19 tumours were clinically palpable. MRI was more accurate at assessing tumour size than USS and clinical examination, both of which underestimated tumour size.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:status
PubMed-not-MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0960-9776
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
10
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
38-40
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
The diagnosis of invasive lobular breast carcinoma. Does MRI have a role?
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Surgery, University Hospital Birmingham NHS Trust, UK.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article