Limited role of DWI with apparent diffusion coefficient mapping in breast lesions presenting as non-mass enhancement on dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI.
Daly AvendanoMaria Adele MarinoDoris LeithnerSunitha ThakurBlanca Bernard-DavilaDanny F MartinezThomas H HelbichElizabeth A MorrisMaxine S JochelsonPascal A T BaltzerPaola ClauserPanagiotis KapetasPinker KatjaPublished in: Breast cancer research : BCR (2019)
Diagnostic accuracy of DWI with ADC mapping is limited in NME lesions. Thirty-one percent of lesions presenting as NME on DCE-MRI could not be evaluated with DWI, and therefore, DCE-MRI remains indispensable. Best results were achieved using Dptu 2D ROI measurement and ADC mean.