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http://dx.doi.org/10.13104/jksmrm.2014.18.2.176

MR Spectroscopy and Diffusion Weighted Imaging Findings of Primary Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma of the Breast: Two Case Reports  

Nam, Sang Yu (Department of Radiology, Gil Hospital, Gachon University School of Medicine and Science)
Yoo, Eun Young (Department of Radiology, Gil Hospital, Gachon University School of Medicine and Science)
Choi, Hye-Young (Department of Radiology, Gil Hospital, Gachon University School of Medicine and Science)
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Investigative Magnetic Resonance Imaging / v.18, no.2, 2014 , pp. 176-181 More about this Journal
Abstract
Primary non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) of the breast is a very rare disease, and the mammographic and ultrasonographic findings of breast lymphoma are variable. There are several reports of magnetic resonance (MR) imaging findings in patients with breast lymphomas; however, few reports have described the findings observed on MR spectroscopy or the features of diffusion weighted (DW) imaging. The authors report the findings of classical MR imaging, MR spectroscopy and DW imaging of a 48-year-old woman and a 40-year-old woman with primary non-Hodgkin's lymphoma of breasts. Mammography and breast ultrasonography revealed a mass with circumscribed margin. The mass showed strong enhancement after contrast injection on MR imaging. DW imaging showed reduced diffusion and high-amplitude choline (Cho) peak at 3.22 ppm was detected by single voxel MR spectroscopy which was consistent with malignancy.
Keywords
Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma; Breast; MR Spectroscopy; Diffusion weighted imaging;
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