Volume 61, Issue 3 pp. 369-371
Medical Imaging—Case of the Month

Case report of male breast cancer detected on magnetic resonance imaging

Seung Wook Ryu

Corresponding Author

Seung Wook Ryu

Department of Radiology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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Dr Seung Wook Ryu, Department of Radiology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Missenden Road, Camperdown, Sydney, NSW 2050, Australia.

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Ken Ho

Ken Ho

Department of Radiology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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Sandra A O'Toole

Sandra A O'Toole

Department of Tissue Pathology and Diagnostic Oncology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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Alison Green

Alison Green

Department of Radiology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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Hae Won Kim

Hae Won Kim

Department of Radiology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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First published: 05 October 2016
Citations: 4
SW Ryu BMedSci, MBBS; K Ho MBBS, MS, FRANZCR; SA O'Toole FRCPA, PhD, A Green MBBS, FRANZCR; HW Kim MB CHB, FRANZCR.
Conflict of interest: None.

Summary

Male breast cancers (MBC) are rare, accounting for <1% of all breast cancers. The use of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for male breast cancer is not generally indicated. We present an unusual case where conventional imaging for a suspected MBC was equivocal and MRI was required to assist in diagnosis.

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