Diagnostics

Paget disease associated with DCIS can be diagnosed via MRI

Published in Clinical Oncology Week, July 18th, 2005

Paget disease associated with underlying ductal carcinoma in situ can be diagnosed via magnetic resonance imaging, according to a Swiss study.

Kathrin A. Frei, MD, and colleagues, from Inselspital Bern, [described] "magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings in patients with Paget disease of the breast and [evaluated] mammography and MRI of the breast in the diagnosis of associated breast cancer."

They reported, "Nine patients with biopsy-proven Paget disease of the nipple underwent preoperative mammography and MRI of the breast to evaluate underlying breast cancer. All patients underwent subsequent surgery. The patients' charts and imaging studies...

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Source: Clinical Oncology Week (2005-07-18)

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