MRI-guided breast interventions

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Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-guided interventions, including biopsies and wire localizations, are fundamental to any breast imaging practice due to the high sensitivity but limited specificity of breast MRI. The basic steps of MRI-guided biopsies are similar regardless of the vendor or platform, and technical considerations include approach planning, patient preparation and positioning, lesion targeting, and directional sampling using a vacuum-assisted biopsy technique. Unique challenges related to MRI-guided biopsies include vanishing lesions due to contrast washout, obscuration of the biopsy site due to susceptibility artifacts, and limited access to posteromedial lesions. A careful approach to planning, patient positioning, and lesion targeting will maximize the chances for a successful biopsy. Due to overlapping imaging features between benign and malignant lesions, radiologic-pathologic concordance is difficult and essential for further patient management. Level of Evidence: 5. Technical Efficacy: Stage 3. J. MAGN. RESON. IMAGING 2017;46:631–645.

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McGrath, A. L., Price, E. R., Eby, P. R., & Rahbar, H. (2017). MRI-guided breast interventions. Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, 46(3), 631–645. https://doi.org/10.1002/jmri.25738

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