Type:
Educational Exhibit
Keywords:
Multidisciplinary cancer care, Treatment effects, PET-CT, MR, Mammography, Breast
Authors:
B. Raghavan1, S. GEETHAPRIYA2, S. Vishwanathan3, I. RAJENDRAN3, M. Logudas1, R. Balaji4, P. Gopalakrishnan3; 1Chennai, TA/IN, 2PARAMAKUDI/IN, 3Chennai/IN, 4CHENNAI, TAMILNADU/IN
DOI:
10.1594/ecr2018/C-2867
Conclusion
With early detection and devlopment of newer surgical techniques breast conservation with reconstruction has come to stay.However there can be complications like fat necrosis & scar which can mimic reurrance clinically and radiologically.
Hence it is very important to have early detection protocols with advanced imaging techniques like Tomosynthesis,
Elastography,MR mammography,PETCT so that we can differentiate normal postoperative changes from malignancy.Functional Imaging like Diffusion,
Dynamic scanning & PET CT facilitate early detection besides helping us to target the correct site to biopsy.
However it is very important to study the images bearing in mind the the type of surgery,
the modality & technique & timing of imaging,and be aware of the pit-falls in these modalities.