ArticleMagnetic resonance in medical sciences : MRMS : an official journal of Japan Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine2021
Evaluation of Malignant Breast Lesions Using High-resolution Readout-segmented Diffusion-weighted Echo-planar Imaging: Comparison with Pathology.
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Abstract
purposeWe aimed to investigate the performance of high resolution-diffusion-weighted imaging (HR-DWI) using readout-segmented echo-planar imaging in visualizing malignant breast lesions and evaluating their extent, using pathology as a reference.
methodsThis retrospective study included patients who underwent HR-DWI with surgically confirmed malignant breast lesions. Two radiologists blinded to the final diagnosis evaluated HR-DWI independently and identified the lesions, measuring their maximum diameters. Another radiologist confirmed if those lesions were identical to the pathology. The maximum diameters of the lesions between HR-DWI and pathology were compared, and their correlations were calculated using Spearman's correlation coefficient. Apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) values of the lesions were measured.
resultsNinety-five mass/64 non-mass lesions were pathologically confirmed in 104 females. Both radiologists detected the same 93 mass lesions (97.9%). Spearman's correlation coefficient for mass lesions were 0.89 and 0.90 (P < 0.0001 and 0001) for the two radiologists, respectively. The size differences within 10 mm were 90.3% (84/93) and 94.6% (88/93) respectively. One radiologist detected 35 non-mass lesions (54.7%) and another radiologist detected 32 non-mass lesions (50.0%), of which 28 lesions were confirmed as identical. Spearman's correlation coefficient for non-mass lesions were 0.59 and 0.22 (P = 0.0002 and 0.22), respectively. The mean ADC value of mass lesions and non-mass lesions were 0.80 and 0.89 × 10
conclusionUsing HR-DWI, malignant mass lesions were depicted with excellent agreement with the pathological evaluation. Approximately half of the non-mass lesions could not be identified, suggesting a current limitation of HR-DWI.
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