Current concepts in screening mammography and BIRADS lexicon
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CURRENT CONCEPTS IN SCREENING MAMMOGRAPHY AND BI-RADS
BI-RADS Breast Imaging Reporting And Data System By ACR (American College of Radiology) Introduced in 1992 Quality assurance tool designed to: STANDARDISE reporting, reduce confusion in breast IMAGING INTERPRETATION AND MANAGEMENT RECOMMENDATIONS and facilitates OUTCOME MONITORING .
Latest edition – 5 th (in 2013) LEXICON: to issue unambiguous breast imaging reports and standardise language in reports throughout the world Several changes and expanded definitions in latest edition
HIGHLIGHTS OF 5 TH EDITION Changes in few descriptors for better clarity of reporting. Flexibility in describing mass features. Flexibility to separate assessment categories from management has been added. BI-RADS category 3 label issued only after adequate work-up. Multiple descriptors when used to describe a mass lesion or group of calcifications, management recommendation based on most worrisome feature. Ultrasound portion now includes tissue composition, anatomy, image quality, labelling . MRI includes a section on breast implants and defines troublesome issues like background enhancement and foci.
SCREENING MAMMOGRAPHY: ACR GUIDELINES ASYMPTOMATIC WOMEN FROM 40 YRS OF AGE ASYMPTOMATIC WOMEN BELOW 40 YRS WHO ARE AT INCREASED RISK OF BREAST CANCER Known mutation/ genetic syndrome (carrier of BRCA 1): start by 25 - 30 yrs Untested female with first degree relative with known BRCA mutation: start by 25 - 30 yrs Women with first degree relatives with premenopausal breast cancer or 20% or more lifetime risk based on breast cancer risk model : start by 25 - 30 yrs or 10 yrs earlier than age of affected first degree relative, whichever is later H/o mantle radiation between 10 and 30 yrs: start 8 yrs after radiation therapy (not before 25 yrs)
SCREENIG MAMMOGRAPHY (cont..) 3. WOMEN WITH BIOPSY PROVEN: lobular neoplasm Atypical ductal hyperplasia DCIS Invasive breast cancer Yearly from time of diagnosis, regardless of age. 4. SELF REFERRED FEMALE 5. SELF REQUESTING FEMALE 6. ASYMPTOMATIC WOMEN WITH BREAST IMPLANTS
BI-RADS MAMMOGRAPHY LEXICON
MAMMOGRAPHY REPORT Indication for examination Overall breast composition Clear description of important findings Comparison to previous examinations Assessment of BI-RADS category Management
BREAST COMPOSITION A: breasts are almost entirely fatty B: There are scattered areas of fibroglandular density
C: breasts are heterogenously dense, which may obscure small masses D: breasts are extrmely dense, which lowers sensitivity of mammography
BI-RADS 2003 CATEGORIES OF BREAST DENSITY (removed) 1: dense glandular tissue occupying < 25% breast parenchyma 2: dense glandular tissue occupying 25 – 50% breast parenchyma 3: dense glandular tissue occupying 50- 75% breast parenchyma 4: dense glandular tissue occupying >75% breast parenchyma
I) MASSES Mass is 3 dimensional occupies space is seen in 2 different mammographic projections with convex outer borders and appears denser in center than periphery when radiodense .
DISTRIBUTION diffuse grouped linear segmental regional
III) ARCHITECTURAL DISTORTION Parenchyma distorted with no Definite mass visible Thin straight lines / spiculations Focal retraction / distortion Straightening of anterior or posterior edge of parenchyma
IV) ASYMMETRIES ASYMMETRY GLOBAL ASYMMETRY FOCAL ASYMMETRY DEVELOPING ASYMMETRY
IX) LOCATION OF LESION Laterality Quadrant & clock face Depth- anterior, middle and posterior third Distance from nipple 12’ o clock lesions- upper central 6’ o clock lesions- lower central 3/9’ o clock lesions- outer/ inner central CENTRAL , RETROAREOLAR, AXILLARY TAIL
BI-RADS MAMMOGRAPHY LEXICON 2013 BREAST COMPOSITION I) MASSES : SHAPE : oval, round, irregular : MARGIN : circumscribed, obscured, microlobulated , indistinct, spiculated : DENSITY : high, equal, low, fat containing II) CALCIFICATION : TYPICALLY BENIGN : skin, vascular, coarse /popcorn- like, large rod-like, round, rim, dystrophic, milk of calcium, suture SUSPICIOUS MORPHOLOGY: amorphous, coarse heterogenous , fine pleomorphic , fine linear/ fine linear branching DISTRIBUTION : Diffuse, regional, grouped, linear, segmental
BI-RADS ASSESSMENT CATEGORIES BI-RADS 0 Need Additional Imaging Evaluation and/or Prior Mammograms For Comparison: Category 0 or BI-RADS 0 is utilized when further imaging evaluation (e.g. additional views or ultrasound) or retrieval of prior examinations is required. When additional imaging studies are completed, a final assessment is made. ADDITIONAL IMAGING : Spot compression (with/without magnification) Special mammographic views Ultrasound MRI
BI-RADS 1 There is nothing to comment on. The breasts are symmetric and no masses, architectural distortion or suspicious calcifications are present. Mx : routine screening
BI-RADS 2 Involuting , calcified fibroadenomas Multiple large, rod-like calcifications Skin calcification Vascular calcifications Intramammary lymph nodes Implants Architectural distortion clearly related to prior surgery. Fat-containing lesions such as oil cysts, lipomas , galactoceles and mixed-density hamartomas . Mx : routine screening
BI-RADS 3 Non- calcified circumscribed solid mass on a baseline mammogram Focal asymmetry Solitary group of punctate calcifications Mx : short term follow-up: (biopsy at discretion) @6 month follow-up: upgrade to category 4/5 or category 3 if stable 6 month follow up: upgrade to category 4/5 or category 3 if stable 1 year follow-up: upgrade to category 4/5 or category 3 if stable 2 year follow-up: upgrade to category 4/5 or category 2 if stable
4B : Group of amorphous or fine pleomorphic calcifications Nondescript solid mass with indistinct margins
4C : New group of fine linear calcifications New indistinct, irregular solitary mass
BI-RADS 5 Use if a combination of highly suspicious findings are present: Irregular, spiculated , high density mass with associated microcalcifications / associated findings . Fine linear calcifications IN segmental or linear arrangement . Use in findings for which any nonmalignant percutaneous tissue diagnosis is automatically considered discordant if only one highly suspicious finding is present, use Category 4c. Mx : TISSUE DIAGNOSIS
BI-RADS 6 Following complete surgical excision/ biopsy proving malignancy For monitoring of response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy Attempted complete surgical resection with positive resection margins (given only if there is atleast 1 mammographic finding s/o residual tumor). If only post surgical scar noted on mammography, BI-RADS 2 assessment given. Mx : SURGICAL EXCISION WHEN CLINICALLY APPROPRIATE
MANAGEMENT OF BI- RADS ASSESSMENT CATEGORIES
SUMMARY BREAST COMPOSITION is no longer indicated in ranges of percentage of breast density SHAPE OF MASSES: no longer includes lobular CALCIFICATION: no longer includes indeterminate & high probability types, instead suspicious morphology added. No role for number of calcifications in assessing suspicion of malignancy. Punctate calcification as subset of round. Amorphous, coarse heterogenous , fine pleomorphic calcifications included under BI-RADS 4B & fine linear/ fine linear branching included under BI-RADS 4C FLEXIBILITY IN DESCRIPTION OF MASSES: the more suspicious descriptor alone mentioned FLEXIBILITY IN BI-RADS ASSESSMENT CATEGORIES AND MANAGEMENT
DIGITAL BREAST TOMOSYNTHESIS (DBTS) Emerging digital technique that provides sectional images which help to distinguish the glandular breast tissue from true lesions, especially in dense breasts. Multiple projections are acquired at different depths by a digital detector from a mammographic X-ray source that moves gradually in a small arc over the compressed breast. Reconstructed in sections similar to CT (0.5mm)
DBTS for noncalcified mammographic findings such as masses, asymmetries, and distortion.
USG BI-RADS LEXICON
BREAST TISSUE COMPOSITION A) homogenous background echotexture – fat
B) homogenous background echotexture – fibroglandular
V) POSTERIOR FEATURES Term ACOUSTIC has been removed enhancement shadowing no posterior features Enhancement Shadowing Combined pattern
B) CALCIFICATIONS INTRODUCED IN BI-RADS 2013 Calcifications in a mass Calcifications outside of a mass Intraductal calcifications
C) ASSOCIATED FEATURES ARCHITECTURAL DISTORTION DUCT CHANGES SKIN CHANGES : skin thickening, skin retraction EDEMA VASCULARITY : absent internal vascularity vessels in rim ELASTICITY ASSESSMENT : soft, intermediate, hard
D) SPECIAL CASES SIMPLE CYST CLUSTERED MICROCYSTS COMPLICATED CYST MASS IN OR ON SKIN FOREIGN BODY INCLUDING IMPLANTS INTRAMAMMARY LYMPH NODES AXILLARY LYMPH NODES VASCULAR ABNORMALITIES : AVM, MONDOR’S DS POST SURGICAL FLUID COLLECTION FAT NECROSIS Clustered microcyst implant
BI-RADS 2: Simple cysts Intramammary lymph nodes Post surgical fluid collections Breast implants Complicated cysts probable fibroadenomas that are unchanged foratleast 3 years BI-RADS 3: solid mass with oval shape, circumscribed margin, parallel orientation (mostly fibroadenoma ) Isolated complicated cyst BI-RADS 4: no classic appearance of malignancy but suspicious enough for biopsy (A, B, C).
I) FOCUS A focus is a dot of enhancement so small (<5mm) that it cannot be otherwise characterized; its shape and margin cannot be seen clearly enough to be described. Multiple foci (i.e., not unique) can be separated widely in the breast by normal fibroglandular tissue or fat and usually represent a pattern of background parenchymal enhancement.
II) MASSES : A)SHAPE round oval irregular
B) MARGIN CIRCUMSCRIBED NOT CIRCUMSCRIBED Irregular spiculated circumscribed irregular spiculated
C) INTERNAL ENHANCEMENT homogenous heterogenous Rim enhancement Dark internal septation
PREVIOUSLY DESCRIBED INTERNAL ENHANCEMENT PATTERNS (NOW REMOVED) Enhancing septa Central enhancement
III) NON-MASS LIKE ENHANCEMENT (NME) DISTRIBUTION Focal (NEW) Linear (DUCTAL REMOVED) Segmental Regional Multiple regions diffuse
focal linear segmental regional Multiple region diffuse
NME B) INTERNAL ENHANCEMENT PATTERNS Homogenous Heterogenous Clumped Clustered ring CHANGES FROM PREVIOUS BI-RADS: Stippled/ punctate (REMOVED) Reticular/ dendritic (REMOVED) clumped Clustered ring homogenous heterogenous
VIII) FAT CONTAINING LESIONS: lymph nodes, fat necrosis, hamartoma , post- op seroma , hematoma with fat IX) LOCATION OF LESION : position, depth X) IMPLANTS (NEW) : Implant material and lumen type Implant location Abnormal implant contour Intracapsular silicone findings Extracapsular silicone Periimplant fluid Water droplets Linguine sign
XI) KINETIC CURVE ASSESSMENT: SI / TIME CURVE TYPE 1 CURVE TYPE 2 CURVE TYPE 3 CURVE
BI-RADS 2: intramammary lymph node, implants, metallic foreign body, enhancing and non- enhancing fibroadenomas , cysts, old non- enhancig scars/ recent scars, post-op collection, fat containing lesions (oil cysts, lipomas , galactocele , hamartoma ) BI-RADS 3: menstruating female/ women on HRT oval/ round shaped lesion with circumscribed margins & homogenous internal enhancement. Non mass-like enhancement: linear, clumped, segmental BI-RADS 4: cannot be included in category 3 and 5 (not divided into A, B, C) BI-RADS 5: combination of suspicious findings
REFERENCES ACR BI-RADS® Atlas, Breast Imaging Reporting and Data System, Reston VA, American College of Radiology; 2013 ACR-BI-RADS® Mammography, 4th edition 2003 Reston, VA, American College of Radiology, 2003 ACR ® APPROPRIATENESS CRITERIA AND SCREENING GUIDELINES, MAY 2016