Objective To analyse and summarize the MRI characteristics of tumor‐like inflammatory demyelinating diseases (TIDD) .Methods MRI findings of 10 cases with pathologically proved TIDD were analyzed retrospectively ,all patients received plain and enhanced MRI scan .Results 3 cases showed multiple lesions in bilateral frontal and parietal lobes ,and 7 cases showed soli‐tary mass ,in which 2 lesions located in the occipital lobe ,2 in the basal ganglia ,2 in the second to fifth segment of cervical cord ,and 1 lesion located in the left frontal parietal lobe .The shape of 7 lesions were irregular ,2 were stripped ,while 1 lesion was oval .6 cases had clear boundary ,while 4 showed ambiguous .Solitary lesions were 1 .7 cm -5 .6 cm in diameter(mean 4 .0 cm ± 1 .48 cm) .8 cases manifested mild edema while 2 had no edema .On MRI plain scan ,lesions were hypointensity on T1WI and hyperintensity on T2WI in 8 cases ,isointensity on T1 WI and hyperintensity on T2 WI in 2 cases ,and all lesions were hyperintensity on FLAIR sequence .DWI were performed in 3 cases ,all lesions showed hyperintensity ,2 of them had patchy hypointensity signal .Hemorrhage was detected in 3 lesions ,cystic lesions or calcification were not found in all cases .On post‐contrast scan ,3 lesions showed ring like enhancement ,2 showed obviously heterogeneous enhancement ,2 had mild enhancement and 2 cases had no enhancement ,1 presented with open ring like enhancement .Conclusion TIDD shows some specific MRI features ,and MRI is helpful to the diagnosis of TIDD .

OBJECTIVETo explore the correlation between pathological findings and mammographic features of microcalcification in calcified breast carcinoma without a mass.

METHODSThe morphology and distribution of the microcalcification lesions displayed by mammography were retrospectively analyzed in 108 cases of the calcified breast carcinoma without a mass in comparison with the pathological findings of the lesions.

RESULTSThe mammographic morphology or distribution of the microcalcification lesions did not differ significantly across different pathological types of calcified breast carcinoma without a mass (P>0.05). The microcalcification lesions showed no significant morphological difference between invasive and noninvasive breast carcinomas (P>0.05). Fine pleomorphic calcifications were frequently found in both invasive and noninvasive breast carcinomas, but fine linear and fine linear branching calcifications and mixed malignant calcifications were more common in invasive breast carcinoma. The distribution of the microcalcifications showed significantly different patterns between invasive and noninvasive breast carcinoma (P=0.006), characterized by segmental and cluttered distributions of the lesions, respectively.

CONCLUSIONThere is no specific mammographic features in correlation with the pathological types of microcalcification lesions in calcified breast carcinoma without a mass, but invasive and noninvasive calcified breast carcinomas have different mammographic features in the morphology and distribution of the microcalcifications to allow their preoperative differentiation.

Breast Neoplasms ; diagnostic imaging ; pathology ; Calcinosis ; diagnostic imaging ; pathology ; Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast ; diagnostic imaging ; pathology ; Female ; Humans ; Mammography ; methods ; Retrospective Studies