Abstract:
OBJECTIVE To investigate the value of diffusion weighted imaging (DWI) and dynamic contrast enhanced magnetic resonance imaging(DCE-MRI) in the diagnosis and differential diagnosis of different types of mastitis disease,so as to provide the basis for the diagnosis of mastitis disease.
METHODS A total of 50 patients with nonspecific mastitis, 50 patients with breast abscess and 50 patients with granulomatous mastitis in Huzhou Maternity & Child Health Care Hospital from May 2013 to Jun 2016 were selected as research subjects, and were divided into group A (nonspecific mastitis group), group B (breast abscess group) and group C (granulomatous mastitis group).The apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) values and time-signal strength curve (TIC) in each group were measured by MRI scans.
RESULTS The non-tumor strengthen rates of group A, group B, and group C were 60.0%, 68.0%, and 86.0%, the difference in the three groups was statistically significant (
P<0.05), and the non-tumor strengthen rate of group C was higher than that of group A and group B (
P<0.05).The ADC values of group B and group C (1.098±0.476 and 1.254 ±0.363) were significantly lower than that of group A (1.463±0.189) (
P<0.05).The area under ROC curve of the ADC comparisons of group A and group B, group A and group C, group B and group C were 0.796,0.728,0.655, the area under ROC curve of the ADC comparison of group A and group B was the largest, the best diagnostic cutoff was 1.352×10
-3 mm
2/s, the sensitivity was 0.807, and the specificity was 0.829.The difference of TIC curve type in three groups of patients was significant (
P<0.05),the type Ⅰof TIC in group A was 68.0%,and the type Ⅱ of TIC in group C was 66.0%. The area under ROC curve of TIC curve comparisons of groups A and group B, group A and group C, group B and group C were 0.721,0.779,0.526, the area under ROC curve of TIC curve comparison of group A and group C was the largest, the best diagnostic cutoff value was 1.5,the sensitivity was 0.827, and the specificity was 0.693.
CONCLUSION DCE-MRI and DWI have a certain value in the diagnosis and differential diagnosis of nonspecific mastitis, breast abscesses and granulomatous mastitis. Combination of DCE-MRI and DWI can indentify more accurately on the three types of mastitis.