Role Of Diffusion Weighted Imaging In Diagnosis Of Breast Lesions

Abstract

Breast masses include a wide range of pathologies that can newlineeither be benign or malignant lesions. Among all breast masses, newlinefibroadenoma is the most commonly diagnosed benign breast mass newlineand Invasive Ductal Carcinoma is the most common among the newlinemalignant masses [ 1 ] newline. newlineAlthough most breast masses are benign in nature, carcinoma newlinebreast is the most common malignancy in Indian women as reported newlineby Gupta et al [ 2 ] in 2016 and is the second leading cause of cancer newlinerelated deaths in women, which has recently overta ken the mortality newlinerates of cervical malignancies as stated by The National cancer newlineregistry of India. newlineIndia is now a country which has the largest estimated number newlineof breast cancer deaths worldwide. Breast cancer accounts for 27 % newlineof all cancers in women in India, with its incidence rising in the newlineearly thirties and peaking at ages between 50 -64 years. As for other newlinecancers concerned in India, late stage presentation is also a common newlinescenario for breast cancer newlineMany investigators have detailed either enhancement kinetics newlineof the lesion or morphology of the lesion to differentiate benign newlinefrom malignant mass lesions identified on contrast-enhanced MR newlineimaging studies. newlineBut integration of diffusion, kinetic and morphologic data is newlineultimately required to achieve optimal discrimination of pathology. newlineBreast biopsy is an invasive procedure aimed at confirming the newlinebreast lesion detection, remains the gold standard in detection of newlinebreast pathologies newline