Breast Digital Infrared Analysis (DIRA) , a forgotten and set aside procedure.

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Breast DIRA (previously named Thermography) already proved in the past that it´s use as an screening procedure had low specificity and high sensitive values for it to be recommended as an standard care Breast diagnosis tool .
Yet , until recently (last 5 years) active research mainly by Surgical Oncologists or Breast Surgeons have published interesting results.( Cornell NY , Addenbrooke Cambridge , Ville Marie Montreal , Taiwan and Mexico CEPREC)
FDA previous published criteria were prohibiting DIRA as well as the A.C. of Radiologists ( as an initial SCREENING TOOL)

Yet it has been cleared by the FDA approval as an adjunctive screening tool for breast cancer .( under 510 k) .

DIRA´s meaning is not an ANATOMIC or ARCHITECTURAL procedure ,it is a METABOLIC or PHYSIOLOGIC ONE so at first it ´s current recommendation should be only as a COMPLEMENTARY STUDY.

As such DIRA could help in specific scenarios, BIRADS 0,3,4 and give potential useful additional data in BIRADS5. EVEN BEFORE BIOPSY
Could aid mammogram in young,dense and breast prosthesis patients, and should be evaluated in other clinical scenarios as a Neoadyuvant Monitoring tool.
Finally as an early detecion procedure specifically in underdeveloped countries , could Triage in search of aggresive forms of the disease(T1,G2_G3). And aid Physical Exam of the Breast .
This site is dedicated to open mind Breast specialists ONLY .
¨EXPANDING OUR CURRENT COMPREHENSION, UNDERSTANDING AND APPROACH OF IMAGE AND DIAGNOSIS IN BREAST CANCER¨

miércoles, 29 de mayo de 2013

BIRADS III THERE SHOULD BE NO DOUBT AT ALL .....

Hi again :

Just Now I received an interesting clinical case , which I would Like to SHARE:

  1. FEMALE
  2. 45 years of age.
  3. First Birth at 17
  4. Positive Breast Feeding
  5. 8 Years with Oral Contraception
  6. Last Mammography 18 months.(REPORTED AS NORMAL BIRADS II ) 
  7. I week of Left Mastalgia and other minimal symptoms .
  8. Non identified Palpable Lesion on either Breast 
  9. Axilla : Undetermined 1 cm palpable Lymph Node on the left side. 

REMEMBER : "No radiological exams at all with the following Infrared Images" : 

 I will talk you through them: 



Basal Anterior View : 
Obvious Left Assimetry 
Enhanced Left Vascular Network
Irregular Left Mammary Fold
Single Upper Quadrant (12hrs) Line B on the Left Side.
Slightly Retracted Left Nipple....



Non of the previous findings on the Right...



Oblique View of the Left Breast , notice how entangled is the vascular network....




Physiological or Post  Cold Stress Challenge View:
Normal Right Breast cools down
Abnormal metabolic and Vascular Left Changes are enlightened.
Single Hiperthermia on the Left.

INFRARED ANALYSIS HARBORS :

  1. POSITIVE and NEGATIVE PREDICTIVE VALUES FOR DETECTED LESION
  2. METABOLIC BEHAVIOUR OF A  DETECTED LESIONS
  3. CAN STABLISH A RISK FOR FUTURE CANCER SPECIALLY IN FAMILIAL CASES AS THIS PATIENT IS. 
  4. CAN MONITOR EACH BREAST AS AN INTERVAL PROCEDURE.
"For me there is no doubt at all , Digital Infrared Analysis of the Breast holds an evident truth to be rediscovered by Breast specialists , hopefuly radiologists and Oncologists." EMC.

BIRADS III PLUS A POSITIVE METABOLICAL EXAMINATION SHULD PROMPT THE NEED FOR BIOPSY.

(And you can quote me on that)

Keep posted : ANATOMICAL OR MORPHOLOGICAL IMAGES will arrive soon.

My prediction : Positive Case for Breast Carcinoma , Invasive i would say.

"Prediction is often  confused with witchery , specially when the language is UNKNOWN......"

Lets see what happens...................

June 3rd 2013 .
Patient arrived with the following Mammographical and Ultrasound Images:

 Just to point out credibility , done last week and  45 years of age .........

Standard Oblique views , there is a density assimetry in the left breast with a single possibly benign calcification , no architectural distorsion or spiculated lesion.  Inflammatory axillary lymph Nodes. 


Close Up............. density becomes more evident right?


Calls my attention a single Level 1 Lymph node , which has higher   density in  it´s hilium......makes me wonder now....


 Cefalo Caudal Views , subtle central and inner density assimetry in the left breast with the same calcification , a little loss of the retromammary space 

Complementary Ultrasound , plus doppler : 

 I WILL QUOTE : " Left breast with a higher echogenicity , diffuse , with some microcysts and ductal dilations , 
 Elastography showed : left associated  mixed regions  some with a higher or more "solid" nature....

Now here comes UNCERTAINTY : BIRADS III

Standards of care demand a 6 month follow up

Lets BEND the rules , since Clinical knowledge comes from the sum of all previous cases...

I recommended no matter what happens after antiinflammatory treatment and antibiotic  to perfom CBC , Coagulation , and glucose tests. 

And after reviewing the results , i will schedule a Biopsy with a trucut.....

OBVIOUS 2 POSSIBILITIES:

MASTITIS vs Breast Carcinoma possibly T4d : inflammatory.

What do you THINK ? .............well:

"Infrared images are intended ONLY for Breasts Specialists , Breast Cancer Treatment is responsability ONLY for Oncologists.
Detection , Diagnosis and Treatment action depends entirely from : Evidence , History , Experience and a "different sense of feeling" only reserved for those Real Clinitians..........EMC"

(the ones that do not rely only in what they were told , those who  challenge with patience and good intention.... ) 





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