Background parenchymal enhancement on breast MRI: Influence of menstrual cycle and breast composition. Issue 3 (30th April 2013)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Kang, Seok Seon; Ko, Eun Young; Han, Boo‐Kyung; Shin, Jung Hee; Hahn, Soo Yeon; Ko, Eun Sook
• Is Part Of: Journal of magnetic resonance imaging. Volume 39:Issue 3(2014)
• Page Start: 526
• Page End: 534
• Publication Date: 2013-04-30
• Subjects: Magnetic resonance imaging -- Periodicals; 616
• DOI: 10.1002/jmri.24185
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1053-1807

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="main"> <title> <x xml:space="preserve">Abstract</x> </title> <sec id="jmri24185-sec-0001" sec-type="section"> <title>Purpose</title> <p>To evaluate the menstrual cycle and breast composition influence on background parenchymal enhancement of breast magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and to investigate the optimal time for breast MR examinations.</p> </sec> <sec id="jmri24185-sec-0002" sec-type="section"> <title>Materials and Methods</title> <p>We evaluated the dynamic contrast‐enhanced breast MR images of 238 women who had completed a questionnaire survey about menstrual status. On MRI, the degree of enhancement (DE) of normal parenchyma was measured in the images 2 minutes and 6 minutes after contrast injection. A comparison between premenopausal and postmenopausal women and a separate comparison between dense breasts and fatty breasts were analyzed according to the premenopausal women's menstrual cycle.</p> </sec> <sec id="jmri24185-sec-0003" sec-type="section"> <title>Results</title> <p>Premenopausal women showed significantly higher DE than the postmenopausal women (<italic>P</italic> < 0.001). In premenopausal women, overall DE of fatty breasts and dense breasts was not different. However, fatty breasts showed the highest DE in the 4th week and lowest DE in the 2nd week, while dense breasts showed the highest DE in the 3rd week and the lowest DE in the 4th week of menstrual cycle.</p> </sec> <sec id="jmri24185-sec-0004" sec-type="section"> <title>Conclusion</title> <p>The influence of menstrual cycle on the enhancement of breast parenchyma is different according to the breast composition. The optimal time for breast MRI could be different for dense and fatty breasts.<bold>J. Magn. Reson. Imaging 2014;39:526–534.</bold> © <bold>2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.</bold></p> </sec> </abstract>