• 대한핵의학회지
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• 제38권6호
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• pp.492-497
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• 2004

목적: 여성에게 많이 발생되는 유방 종괴의 악성여부의 판단은 매우 중요하다. 기존의 여러 영상진단법으로도 유방 종괴의 악성여부를 구분하기가 어려운 경우가 많아 이에 대한 연구는 매우 많다. 이에 저자들은 유방 종괴의 악성여부를 평가하는데 많이 사용되고 있는 유방촬영술과 Tc-99m MIBI 유방스캔의 유용성을 알아보고, 조직병리 검사소견과의 연관성에 대해서도 함께 비교하여 보았다. 대상 및 방법: 유방종괴를 갖고 있는 여자 환자 총 80명(나이: 24-72세, 평균: 48.4세)을 대상으로 하였다. 모든 환자에서 유방촬영술과 Tc-99m MIBI 유방스캔을 시행하였다. 방사성동위원소 투여 후 10 분째에 조기 영상, 2시간째 지연 영상을 전면상과 양측면상으로 얻었다. 두 명의 숙련된 방사선과 전문의와 핵의학 전문의가 유방 종괴의 악성여부를 판독하였으며, 유방스캔의 정량적인 분석으로 방사능집적을 보이는 경우 각각의 종괴 대 배후방사능비와 배설율을 구하였다. 모든 종괴에서 조직 병리검사를 시행하였다. 각각에서 얻어진 결과치와 조직검사 결과와의 연관성을 chi-square와 상관분석을 이용하여 통계 분석하였다. 결과: 유방촬영술의 원발성 유방암 진단의 예민도, 특이도, 양성예측율, 음성예측율은 각각 87.5%, 56.3%, 75.0%, 75.0%이었다. 유방스캔에서는 총 80 명의 환자 중 45 명의 환자를 악성 종괴에 의한 방사능집적으로 판단하였다. 이중 41 명이 조직 검사에서 악성으로 판정되었고, 4명이 양성으로 판정되었다. 결과적으로 유방스캔의 예민도, 특이도, 양성예측율, 음성예측율은 각각 85.4%, 87.5%, 91.1%, 80.8%로 측정되었고, 유방촬영술 결과와 비교하여 예민도는 낮았으나 특이도, 양성예측율, 음성예측율은 모두 높았다. 양성 종괴의 종괴 대 배후방사능비는 관심영역의 10 분째 평균치에서 $1.409{\pm}0.30$, 2 시간째에서 $1.267{\pm}0.42$이었고, 10 분째 최대치에서 $1.604{\pm}0.42$, 2 시간째 최대치에서 $1.476{\pm}0.50$이었다. 악성 종괴의 종괴 대 배후방사능비는 10 분째 평균치에서 $2.220{\pm}1.07$, 2 시간째 평균치에서 $1.842{\pm}0.75$이었고, 10 분째 최대치에서 $2.993{\pm}1.94$, 2 시간째 최대치에서 $2.480{\pm}1.34$이었다. 10분과 2시간째의 종괴 대 배후방사능비의 양성과 악성의 차이는 모두 통계적으로 유의하였다. 결론: 유방촬영술은 원발성 유방암의 진단 예민도는 높았으나, 유방 종괴의 악성 여부 판정에 있어서는 Tc-99m MIBI를 이용한 유방스캔이 매우 유용하였다. 특히 종괴 대 배후방사능비를 이용할 경우 유방암의 진단율을 더욱 높힐 수 있었다.

• Korean Journal of Radiology
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• 제2권2호
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• pp.113-116
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• 2001

In Asia, mammography following the injection of foreign materials into the breasts for cosmetic augmentation is frequently seen and diagnosis based on the typical radiologic findings is straightforward. We report the unusual radiologic findings in two patients with foreign body granulomas caused by injected foreign materials and discovered incidentally during screening work up. The mammographic findings were bilateral, hyperdense, spiculated masses, with occasional microcalcification, and at sonography, markedly hypoechoic, spiculated solid masses, located near the pectoralis muscle and partly extending into it, were observed. These radiologic findings mimicked malignancy.

• Journal of Breast Cancer
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.453-462
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• 2018

Purpose: This study aimed to compare the diagnostic performance of contrast-enhanced digital mammography (CEDM) and contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (CEMRI) in preoperative evaluations, and to evaluate the effect of each modality on the surgical management of women with breast cancer. Methods: This single-center, prospective study was approved by the Institutional Review Board, and informed consent was obtained from all patients. From November 2016 to October 2017, 84 patients who were diagnosed with invasive carcinoma (69/84) and ductal carcinoma in situ (15/84), and underwent both CEDM and CEMRI, were enrolled. Imaging findings and surgical management were correlated with pathological results and compared. The diagnostic performance of both modalities in the detection of index and secondary cancers (multifocality and multicentricity), and occult cancer in the contralateral breast, was compared. The authors also evaluated whether CEDM or CEMRI resulted in changes in the surgical management of the affected breast due to imaging-detected findings. Results: Eighty-four women were included in the analysis. Compared with CEMRI, CEDM demonstrated a similar sensitivity (92.9% [78/84] vs. 95.2% [80/84]) in detecting index cancer (p=0.563). For the detection of secondary cancers in the ipsilateral breast and occult cancer in the contralateral breast, no significant differences were found between CEDM and CEMRI (p=0.999 and p=0.999, respectively). Regarding changes in surgical management, CEDM resulted in similar changes compared with CEMRI (30.9% [26/84] vs. 29.7% [25/84], p=0.610). Regarding changes in surgical management due to false-positive findings, no significant differences were found between CEDM and CEMRI (34.6% [9/26] vs. 44.0% [11/25], p=0.782). Conclusion: CEDM demonstrated a diagnostic performance comparable with CEMRI in depicting index cancers, secondary cancers, and occult cancer in the contralateral breast. CEDM demonstrated similar changes in surgical management compared with CEMRI.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제48권1호
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• pp.48-52
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• 2015

Objectives: This retrospective cohort study aimed at calculating some parameters of changes in the findings of the subsequent screening mammography (SSM) in female Korean volunteers. Methods: The study included screenees aged 30 to 79 years who underwent SSM voluntarily after testing negative in the baseline screenings performed between January 2007 and December 2011. A change to a positive result was defined as category 4 or 5 by using the American College of Radiology Breast Imaging Reporting and Data System. The proportion of results that had changed to positive (CP, %) was calculated by dividing the number of cases with results that were positive in the SSM by the total number of study participants. The rate of results that had changed to positive (CR, cases per 100 000 screenee-months) was calculated by dividing the number of cases with results that were positive in the SSM by the total number of months of the follow-up period. Results: The overall CP and CR in all age groups (n=77 908) were 2.26% and 93.94 cases per 100 000 screenee-months, respectively. The median CP interval in the subjects who had positive SSM results was 30 to 36 months, while that in the age group of 30 to 39 years was shorter. Conclusions: Different screening intervals should be considered among women aged between 30 and 59 years. In addition, a strategy for a screening program should be developed for the age group of 30 to 39 years, in particular.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제44권2호
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• pp.151-156
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• 2006

A case of breast sparganosis was confirmed by surgical excision of a worm (fragmented into 5 pieces) in a 59-year-old Korean woman suffering from a palpable mass in the left breast. Mammography and ultrasonography characteristically revealed the presence of several well-defined, isodense and hypoechoic tubular masses, in the upper quadrant of the left breast, each mass consisting of a continuous cord- or worm-like structure. During surgery, a long segment of an actively moving sparganum of Spirometra sp. and 4 small fragments of the same worm, giving a total length of 20.3 cm, were extracted from the upper outer quadrant of the left breast and the axillary region. The infection source remains unclear, because the patient denied ingesting any snake or frog meat or drinking untreated water.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.2259-2263
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• 2016

Background: Mammographic density determined according paranchymal patterns is a risk factor for breast cancer and its relationships with body and other breast characteristics of women is important. The purpose of the present study was to correlate breast parenchymal patterns and mammography abnormality findings with women's BMI, compressed breast thickness (CBT) and age in Tabriz city, Iran. Materials and Methods: From 1,100 mammograms interpreted by radiologists, breast parenchymal was classified into four categories from Types 1 (mostly fatty) through 4 (mostly fibroglandular tissue). Age, BMI, and CBT were recorded and their relation with risk for the development of breast abnormalities in mammograms was analyzed. Results: In women with a mean age of $45.8{\pm}8.63years$ 17.7% were in the high density group (Type 3 and 4). A comparison of four types of breast paranchymal with BMI, CBT and age showed inverse relations to breast density. Abnormal mammographic findings were 25.8% of all reported mammograms with a circular mass (12.7%) as the most common abnormality. About 21% abnormal cases were in less than 40 years. Increasing of BMI had significant relation with breast abnormality but in CBT was not observed. Conclusions: Measurement of women's body characteristics is useful for assistance in mammography diagnosis as well as selection of imaging instrument by high sensitivity for following patient in future. The effects of age, CBT and BMI groups on the breast paranchymal were significant.

• 대한영상의학회지
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• 제83권3호
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• pp.687-692
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• 2022

남성 유방암은 드물며 유방암의 약 1%를 차지한다. 유방 외 악성 종양이 남성 유방으로의 전이는 매우 드물다. 남자에서 유방으로 전이되는 가장 흔한 원발성 종양은 전립선암, 폐암, 위암, 대장암, 흑색종 및 육종이다. 남자에서 방광암의 유방으로의 전이 유방암은 드물게 보고되었고, 종괴가 아닌 침윤성 소견의 전이 소견을 보이는 경우는 매우 드물다. 방광암이 유방으로 전이된 59세 남자 환자의 유방촬영술 및 초음파에서의 영상 소견을 보고하고자 한다.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제15권13호
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• pp.5171-5174
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• 2014

Background: The increase in breast cancer awareness and widespread use of mammographic screening has led to an increased detection of (non-palpable) breast cancers that cannot be discovered through physical examination. One of the methods used in the diagnosis of these cancers is vacuum-assisted core biopsy, which prevents a considerable number of patients from undergoing surgical procedures. The aim of this study was to present the results of stereotactic vacuum-assisted core biopsy for suspicious breast lesions. Materials and Methods: Files were retrospectively scanned and data on demographic, radiological and pathological findings were recorded for patients who underwent stereotactic vacuum-assisted core biopsy due to suspicious mammographic findings at the Interventional Radiology Centre of the Florence Nightingale Hospital between January 2010, and April 2013. Statistical analysis was carried out using Pearson's Chi-square, continuity correction, and Fisher's exact tests. Results: The mean age of the patients was 47 years (range: 36-70). Biopsies were performed due to BIRADS 3 lesions in 8 patients, BIRADS 4 lesions in 77 patients, and BIRADS 5 lesions in 3 patients. Mammography elucidated clusters of microcalcifications in 73 patients (83%) and focal lesions (asymmetrical density, distortion) in 15 patients (17%). In terms of complications, 1 patient had a hematoma, and 2 patients had ecchymoses (3/88; 3.3%). The histopathologic results revealed benign lesions in 63 patients (71.6%) and malignant lesions in 25 patients (28.4%). The mean duration of the procedure was 37 minutes (range: 18-55). Although all of the BIRADS 3 lesions were benign, 22 (28.6%) of the BIRADS 4 lesions and all of the BIRADS 5 lesions were malignant. Among the malignant cases, 80% were in situ, and 20% were invasive carcinomas. These patients underwent surgery. Conclusions: In cases where non-palpable breast lesions are considered to be suspicious in mammography scans, the vacuum-assisted core biopsy method provides an accurate histopathologic diagnosis thus preventing a significant number of patients undergoing unnecessary surgical procedures.

• Investigative Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.127-130
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• 2015

Direct injection of foreign material, such as liquid paraffin and silicone, into the breast can induce a foreign body granulomatous reaction and fibrosis, resulting in hard, nodular breast masses and architectural distortion that can mimic neoplasm. Conventional methods, including physical examination, mammography, and ultrasonography are of little use to differentiate between foreign body-induced mastopathy and breast cancer. In patients with foreign body injection such as breast augmentation, dynamic contrast enhanced MR imaging is an excellent imaging modality. Here, the authors report the MR imaging and pathological findings of ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) with multicystic changes in a 41-year-old woman with a previous history of interstitial mammoplasty by paraffin injection.

• Investigative Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.131-135
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• 2015

Vascular tumors in the breast are rare, and most can be classified as being either angiosarcomas or hemangiomas. Hemangiomas are benign vascular tumors that are usually identified incidentally. Here, we are reporting on a case of a complex hemangioma of the breast, and describing the mammography, ultrasonography, and magnetic resonance imaging findings for this patient.