Magnetic resonance imaging breast: An essential imaging modality in metastatic axillary lymphadenopathy with unknown primary

Abstract

Occult primary breast carcinoma with axillary lymph node metastasis is a rare disorder accounting for 0.1%–0.8% of all the cases of breast cancer in females. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the breast detects primary tumor in nearly 70% of patients. We are presenting three cases of postmenopausal females, who presented with metastatic axillary lymphadenopathy and primary could be diagnosed only on MRI breast.

Keywords

• Axillary lymph node metastasis
• carcinoma with unknown primary
• magnetic resonance imaging breast
• unknown primary