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| lifeskim:mentions | |
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5
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| pubmed:dateCreated |
2004-9-16
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| pubmed:abstractText |
The authors retrospectively reviewed their clinical database for cases of breast magnetic resonance (MR) imaging performed in women who had undergone breast reconstruction with a transverse rectus abdominis myocutaneous (TRAM) flap. Patient histories, MR imaging results, and, when available, biopsy results were reviewed. During a 4-year period, 24 neobreasts were imaged in 22 women who had undergone TRAM flap reconstruction after mastectomy. In most of the cases (64%), the indication for MR imaging was a palpable abnormality or pain. In four of 24 cases (17%), recurrent breast cancer was detected. These cases consisted of a local chest wall tumor (n = 2), an infiltrating chest wall tumor (n = 1), and axillary nodal recurrence (n = 1). In all four cases, MR imaging demonstrated a suspicious lesion or abnormality. In 11 of 24 cases (46%), benign findings only were demonstrated. These consisted of localized or diffuse skin thickening, fibrosis, fat necrosis, and seroma. In nine of 24 cases (38%), no pathologic abnormality was identified. MR imaging is useful in detection of locally recurrent tumor in patients who have undergone breast reconstruction with a TRAM flap. MR imaging allows differentiation between benign and malignant findings in patients with palpable abnormalities or pain after TRAM flap reconstruction.
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| pubmed:language |
eng
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| pubmed:citationSubset |
IM
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| pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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| pubmed:issn |
1527-1323
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| pubmed:author | |
| pubmed:copyrightInfo |
Copyright RSNA, 2004
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| pubmed:issnType |
Electronic
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| pubmed:volume |
24
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| pubmed:owner |
NLM
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| pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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| pubmed:pagination |
1287-99
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| pubmed:dateRevised |
2005-11-16
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| pubmed:meshHeading |
pubmed-meshheading:15371609-Adult,
pubmed-meshheading:15371609-Artifacts,
pubmed-meshheading:15371609-Breast Neoplasms,
pubmed-meshheading:15371609-Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast,
pubmed-meshheading:15371609-Cicatrix,
pubmed-meshheading:15371609-Combined Modality Therapy,
pubmed-meshheading:15371609-Fat Necrosis,
pubmed-meshheading:15371609-Female,
pubmed-meshheading:15371609-Fibrosis,
pubmed-meshheading:15371609-Humans,
pubmed-meshheading:15371609-Lymphatic Metastasis,
pubmed-meshheading:15371609-Magnetic Resonance Imaging,
pubmed-meshheading:15371609-Mammaplasty,
pubmed-meshheading:15371609-Mammography,
pubmed-meshheading:15371609-Middle Aged,
pubmed-meshheading:15371609-Neoplasm Recurrence, Local,
pubmed-meshheading:15371609-Neoplasms, Second Primary,
pubmed-meshheading:15371609-Radiation Injuries,
pubmed-meshheading:15371609-Radiotherapy,
pubmed-meshheading:15371609-Rectus Abdominis,
pubmed-meshheading:15371609-Retrospective Studies,
pubmed-meshheading:15371609-Seroma,
pubmed-meshheading:15371609-Surgical Flaps,
pubmed-meshheading:15371609-Thoracic Neoplasms,
pubmed-meshheading:15371609-Thoracic Wall
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| pubmed:articleTitle |
Breast reconstruction with a transverse rectus abdominis myocutaneous flap: spectrum of normal and abnormal MR imaging findings.
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| pubmed:affiliation |
Department of Radiology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 3400 Spruce St, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
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| pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article,
Review
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