| "articletext"> | | | | engorgement from menses or lactation, bruising |
| Patients often ask me: âShould I get an | | | | from trauma, scar from previous surgery or |
| MRI?â (magnetic resonance imaging). The | | | | needle biopsy, previous radiation, etc. The only |
| answer from me is: âOnly if you need | | | | sure method of telling cancer from benign is to |
| it.â | | | | subject the patient to an invasive biopsy to obtain |
| Why should we NOT all get breast MRI? After all, | | | | tissue from the MRI breast abnormality. So, if you |
| we know that mammograms and ultrasounds do | | | | want to get a breast MRI, you should be mentally |
| fail to pick up some breast cancers. MRI is the | | | | prepared for the biopsy that will be |
| latest, most expensive modality in breast imaging. | | | | recommended by your doctor if the MRI shows |
| Itâs the best, is it not? Well, clearly, the | | | | an âabnormalityâ. Because the |
| advantage of MRI is that it can see everything | | | | MRI is so good at seeing everything and anything, |
| and anything. The disadvantage of MRI also is that | | | | there is a good chance that an |
| it can see everything and anything. When an | | | | âabnormalityâ will be revealed. |
| âabnormalityâ is detected on | | | | Afterwards, we call these benign biopsies |
| MRI, sure it could turn out to be breast cancer. | | | | unnecessary because the |
| But it can also turn out to be one of the many | | | | âabnormalityâ is a false positive |
| completely benign conditions, such as | | | | finding. |
| fibroadenoma, cyst, fibrocystic, infection, breast | | | | |