Computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging in diagnosis of metastatic pleural lesion with pleural effusion in patients with breast carcinoma

Abstract

An uncommon case of metastatic pleural lesion with pleural effusion in a patient with phyllodes breast tumor is reported in this article. This clinical case demonstrates that computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with dynamic contrast enhancement is a highly valuable methods to diagnose malignant pleural lesions and to differentiate soft-tissue mass from fluid. MRI was the most useful as it allowed visualization tumor macrostructure and volume, and differentiation soft tissue from fluid, both visually and with diffusion weighted images.