Diffusion-weighted Imaging for Parasternal Lymph Nodes in Breast Cancer: Report of Two Cases

We report 2 cases of primary breast cancer with swelling of the parasternal lymph nodes detected on diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) as small parasternal nodules. After neoadjuvant chemotherapy, DWI showed disappearance of one node but a focus of subtle signal hyperintensity in the other. DWI findin...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Magnetic Resonance in Medical Sciences 2011, Vol.10(1), pp.53-57
Main Authors: KATAOKA, Yuko, MURATA, Yoriko, MIYATAKE, Kana, TADOKORO, Michiko, NAKATANI, Kimiko, KUBOTA, Kei, HAMADA, Norihiko, NISHIOKA, Akihito, OGAWA, Yasuhiro
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Antineoplastic Agents - therapeutic use
breast cancer
Breast Neoplasms - drug therapy
Breast Neoplasms - pathology
Breast Neoplasms - surgery
Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast - drug therapy
Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast - pathology
Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast - surgery
Combined Modality Therapy
Contrast Media
Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging - methods
diffusion-weighted imaging
Female
Gadolinium DTPA
Humans
Lymphatic Metastasis - diagnosis
Middle Aged
MRI
Neoadjuvant Therapy
Neoplasm Staging
parasternal lymph nodes
Sternum
Citations: Items that this one cites
Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:We report 2 cases of primary breast cancer with swelling of the parasternal lymph nodes detected on diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) as small parasternal nodules. After neoadjuvant chemotherapy, DWI showed disappearance of one node but a focus of subtle signal hyperintensity in the other. DWI findings correlated with the results of conventional breast contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging before and after neoadjuvant chemotherapy.
ISSN:1347-3182
1880-2206
1880-2206
DOI:10.2463/mrms.10.53