Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy of the Breast at 3T: Pre- and Post-Contrast Evaluation for Breast Lesion Characterization

Table 1

Patient demographics, voxel size, 1H-MRS Choline presence, and histology results. Dash (—) indicates benign lesions.

Patient	Age	Voxel size before contrast administration (cm^3)	Voxel size after contrast administration (cm^3)	tCho presence before contrast administration	tCho presence after contrast administration	Histopathological findings
1	33	3.375	3.375	No	No	—
2	50	3.375	3.375	No	No	—
3	74	8.000	7.500	Yes	Yes	Lobular adenocarcinoma
4	54	5.800	5.800	No	No	Invasive ductal carcinoma
5	60	8.000	8.000	Yes	Yes	Malignant phyllodes yumour
6	67	8.000	8.000	No	Yes	Infiltrative lobular adenocarcinoma
7	58	3.375	3.375	No	No	Grade II adenocarcinoma
8	43	4.900	4.900	No	No	—
9	49	3.700	3.700	Yes	Yes	Grade III adenocarcinoma
10	49	3.700	3.700	No	Yes	Grade III adenocarcinoma
11	67	3.375	3.375	No	No	—
12	35	3.375	4.160	Yes	Yes	—
13	35	3.375	4.115	Yes	No	—
14	35	3.375	3.375	No	No	—
15	52	8.000	8.000	No	No	—
16	47	4.500	4.500	Yes	Yes	Grade III adenocarcinoma
17	47	3.375	3.375	Yes	Yes	Grade III adenocarcinoma
18	63	6.380	3.375	Yes	Yes	Grade III adenocarcinoma
19	45	8.000	8.000	No	No	—
20	71	3.375	4.300	No	Yes	Lobular adenocarcinoma
21	53	6.500	6.500	No	No	Invasive ductal carcinoma
22	53	5.380	5.380	No	No	—
23	50	6.000	3.670	No	No	—
24	64	8.000	8.000	No	No	—
25	50	5.800	5.800	No	No	—
26	37	3.375	6.500	No	Yes	Infiltrative adenocarcinoma
27	52	3.375	3.700	No	Yes	Grade III adenocarcinoma