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Abbreviated MRI for Comprehensive Regional Lymph Node Staging during Pre-Operative Breast MRI.

Maike BodeSimone SchradingArghavan MasoumiStephanie MorscheidSabine SchachtTimm DirrichsNadine Therese GaisaElmar StickelerChristiane K Kuhl
Published in: Cancers (2023)
A 3 min coronal T1-weighted pulse sequence covering the chest wall as part of pre-operative breast MRI is useful to rule out significant LNM with high NPV. Where MRI staging is positive for significant LNM, additional work-up is indicated to improve the distinction of N1 and N2 disease.
Keyphrases
  • contrast enhanced
  • lymph node
  • magnetic resonance imaging
  • diffusion weighted imaging
  • magnetic resonance
  • computed tomography
  • pet ct
  • squamous cell carcinoma
  • sentinel lymph node
  • rectal cancer