MRI OF THE BREAST WITH 2D SPIN-ECHO AND GRADIENT-ECHO SEQUENCES IN DIAGNOSTICALLY DIFFICULT CASES

One or both breasts of 296 patients with equivocal clinical or mammographical findings were examined with MRI. T1 weighted spinecho (SE) and gradient echo (FFE) sequences were acquired before and after i.v. application of Gadolinium DTPA. 50 lesions with enhancement after Gd-DTPA were biopsied - 26 carcinomas, 17 proliferating mastopathic tissues, 5 fibroadenomas and 1 abscess were found. Contrast enhanced MRI with 2D-SE and FFE sequences is an effective technique for evaluating suspicious breast lesions with high diagnostic acurracy.