Indicaciones de Resonancia Magnética Mamaria

Authors

  • Paulina González M Hospital Clínico Universidad de Chile. Centro de Imagenología.
  • Patricia Arancibia H Hospital Clínico Universidad de Chile. Centro de Imagenología.
  • Teresa Taub E Hospital Clínico Universidad de Chile. Centro de Imagenología.
  • Alejandra López P Hospital Clínico Universidad de Chile. Centro de Imagenología.
  • María Elisa Droguett I Hospital Clínico Universidad de Chile. Centro de Imagenología.

Abstract

The magnetic resonance has been applied to study mammary pathology for more than one decade. Its greater utility is in the scope of the malignant tumorlike pathology, nevertheless, there are also accepted other utilities such as mammary prothesis and its complications. The primary target of this article is to review the indications of the method in order to promote the rational use of the technique, in cases that its utility is verifi ed or at least agreed. There is also briefly analyzed some technical aspects and criteria diagnoses.

Keywords:

Imagen por Resonancia Magnética, Neoplasias de la Mama/diagnóstico