Does direct MR galactography have the potential to become an alternative diagnostic tool in patients with pathological nipple discharge?

Evelyn Wenkel; Rolf Janka; Michael Uder; Michael Doellinger; Katja Melzer; Rüdiger Schulz-Wendtland; Siegfried A Schwab

doi:10.1016/j.clinimag.2010.03.002

Does direct MR galactography have the potential to become an alternative diagnostic tool in patients with pathological nipple discharge?

Clin Imaging. 2011 Mar-Apr;35(2):85-93. doi: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2010.03.002.

Authors

Evelyn Wenkel¹, Rolf Janka, Michael Uder, Michael Doellinger, Katja Melzer, Rüdiger Schulz-Wendtland, Siegfried A Schwab

Affiliation

¹ Department of Radiology, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany.

PMID: 21377045
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2010.03.002

Abstract

Purpose: To compare direct magnetic resonance galactography (dMRG) and conventional galactography (CGal).

Materials and methods: Thirty women underwent CGal and dMRG. Duct localization and the depth of the assumed underlying pathology in CGal and dMRG were analyzed.

Results: Comparing CGal and dMRG, there was no significant difference regarding sector localization, but for depth of pathology (P=.023).

Conclusion: Duct localization with dMRG was possible with the same reliability as with CGal. Thus, dMRG may have the potential to become an alternative method to CGal.

MeSH terms

Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Breast Diseases / pathology*
Feasibility Studies
Female
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging / methods*
Middle Aged
Nipples / pathology*
Reproducibility of Results
Sensitivity and Specificity