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How to Further Evaluate Indeterminate Mammograms? A Comparison between Semiquantitative Tc-99m Sestamibi Scintimammography and Dynamic MRI

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Radioactive Isotopes in Clinical Medicine and Research

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The clinical impact of semiquantitative scintimammography with Tc-99m sestamibi and contrast enhanced MRI was evaluated in 66 patients with indeterminate results of previous mammography. Scintimammography provided a sensitivity of 86% and a specificity of 82%; Gd-enhanced MRI revealed a higher sensitivity of 93%, but a considerable lower specificity of 47%. The data indicate, that scintimammography is the preferable method in the further diagnostic work up of these patients. In contrast, MRI seems not be able to reduce the number of biopsies yielding benign results mainly due to Gd-enhancement of different benign lesions.

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  1. Departments of Nuclear Medicine, Radiology and Gynecology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, Germany

    R. Tiling, H. Sommer, R. Moser, M. Pechmann, G. Meyer, Th. Pfluger, K. Tatsch & K. Hahn

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  1. Allgemeines Krankenhaus Wien, Institut für Biomedizinische Technik und Physik, Währinger Gürtel 18-20, A-1090, Wien, Austria

    H. Bergmann

  2. Nuklearmedizinisches Institut, KA Rudolfstiftung, Juchg. 25, A-1030, Wien, Austria

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  3. Allgemeines Krankenhaus Wien, Universitäts-Klinik für Nuklearmedizin, Währinger Gürtel 18-20, A-1090, Wien, Austria

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Tiling, R. et al. (1997). How to Further Evaluate Indeterminate Mammograms? A Comparison between Semiquantitative Tc-99m Sestamibi Scintimammography and Dynamic MRI. In: Bergmann, H., Kroiss, A., Sinzinger, H. (eds) Radioactive Isotopes in Clinical Medicine and Research. Advances in Pharmacological Sciences. Birkhäuser, Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-7772-5_5

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