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Magnetic resonance galactography for a patient with nipple discharge

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A new method of galactography using magnetic resonance imaging for a patient with nipple discharge is developed. The method is as follows; coronal T1-weight images are obtained after an injection of contrast medium of 1 mmol/L Gd-DTPA directly into the discharge duct, before and after rapid intravenous infusion of Gd-DTPA. A case of a 29-year-old woman with ductal carcinoma in situ with minimal invasion is reported, in which all portions of the entire discharge duct system is clearly shown as viewed from the surface and the surrounding area is enhanced with Gd-DTPA. The enhanced area is coincidental with the extent of the disease. This magnetic resonance galactography for patients with nipple discharge may be used to supplement conventional mammography and/or galactography especially for the evaluation of the extent of disease, although it is somewhat inferior to mammographic galactography in terms of differential diagnosis of ductal disease.

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  1. Surgical Department, Cancer Institute Hospital, 1-37-1, Kami-Ikebukuro, Toshima-ku, Tokyo, 170, Japan

    Masataka Yoshimoto, Fujio Kasumi, Takuji Iwase, Kaoru Takahashi, Takashi Tada & Yoshihiro Uchida

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Yoshimoto, M., Kasumi, F., Iwase, T. et al. Magnetic resonance galactography for a patient with nipple discharge. Breast Cancer Res Treat 42, 87–90 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1005703927922

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