Role of Magnetic Resonance Imaging in the Preoperative Staging and Work-Up of Patients Affected by Invasive Lobular Carcinoma or Invasive Ductolobular Carcinoma

<table class="fixed-width table-group" id="tab3"><tr><td><table class="table"><colgroup><col style="width:8.55em"/><col style="width:8.76em"/><col style="width:6.34em"/><col style="width:15.72em"/><col style="width:3.92em"/></colgroup><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="5"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left"> </td><td class="align_center">Average size (mm)</td><td class="align_center">Range (mm)</td><td class="align_center">Comparison with surgical <br/>specimen</td><td class="align_center">p</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="5"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">MRX</td><td class="align_center">18</td><td class="align_center">2-40</td><td class="align_center">+5%</td><td class="align_center"> </td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">US</td><td class="align_center">14</td><td class="align_center">4-60</td><td class="align_center">-18%</td><td class="align_center">&lt;0,001</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">MRI</td><td class="align_center">21,25</td><td class="align_center">6-70</td><td class="align_center">+26%</td><td class="align_center"> </td></tr><tr><td class="align_left" colspan="5"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Surgical specimen</td><td class="align_center">16,95</td><td class="align_center">2,3-75</td><td class="align_center">0</td><td class="align_center"> </td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="5"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

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Table 3: Role of Magnetic Resonance Imaging in the Preoperative Staging and Work-Up of Patients Affected by Invasive Lobular Carcinoma or Invasive Ductolobular Carcinoma 

Table 3 | Role of Magnetic Resonance Imaging in the Preoperative Staging and Work-Up of Patients Affected by Invasive Lobular Carcinoma or Invasive Ductolobular Carcinoma 