MRI Features of Mucinous Cancer of the Breast: Correlation With Pathologic Findings and Other Imaging Methods

AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2016 Feb;206(2):238-46. doi: 10.2214/AJR.15.14851.

Abstract

Objective: Mucinous breast carcinoma is an uncommon histologic type of invasive breast carcinoma that can be differentiated in pure and mixed forms, which have different prognosis and treatment.

Conclusion: MRI features of both types of mucinous breast carcinomas are discussed, illustrated, and compared with pathologic findings and with other imaging methods, including mammography, ultrasound, and PET/CT.

Keywords: MRI; breast neoplasms; mucinous neoplasms.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adenocarcinoma, Mucinous / diagnosis
  • Adenocarcinoma, Mucinous / pathology*
  • Breast / pathology*
  • Breast Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Breast Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging*
  • Mammography
  • Positron-Emission Tomography
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Ultrasonography, Mammary