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Table 1 Characteristics of the 41 additional lesions found in 29 patients on CEM and/or MRI

From: Contrast-enhanced mammography (CEM) versus MRI for breast cancer staging: detection of additional malignant lesions not seen on conventional imaging

Additional lesions

Number (%)

Number of lesions per patient

 One

18 (62)

 Two

10 (35)

 Three

1 (3)

Lesion location

 Right breast

23 (56)

Location within breast relative to index malignant lesion(s)

 Same breast same quadrant

18 (44)

 Same breast different quadrant

11 (27)

 Contralateral breast

12 (29)

Modality of detection

 CEM

18 (44)a

 MRI

35 (85)a

 Both CEM and MRI

12 (29)

Lesion characteristics

 CEM (n = 18)

  Mass

14 (78)

  Non-mass

4 (22)

 MRI (n = 35)

  Focus

3 (9)

  Mass

24 (68)

  Non-mass

8 (23)

  1. aProportions do not sum to 100% due to the lesions detected by both modalities. CEM Contrast-enhanced mammography, MRI Magnetic resonance imaging