Baseline MRI for Breast Cancer Screening?

greenwitch
Mon, 23 Jan 2017 05:35:42 +0000

I had an MRI of my breasts as a freebie when the machine had just arrived at the radiologists. I think it was 3-4 years ago. 2000 or so views and it was all fine. I have no family history.

They did see something around my heart. I had an EKG which was inconclusive so I had to have a chest x-ray. It was just a pericardial cyst. So, the MRI did lead to an unneeded test and even though I had the MRI my doctor thought I should have a mammogram too because it is a different type of image and they all see a different way.

The only negative about the MRI was that you lay on your stomach and have to have your head to one side, for 45 minutes, while your breasts dangle through holes in the table! Hopefully they have improved the design since then so you can at least have your face looking straight down, like on a massage table.