“Contrast mammography aids in staging breast cancer and may be an alternative to MRI”
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Mammography with tomosynthesis has incorporated this new technique, Contrast Mammography. It consists of injecting the patient with an iodinated contrast agent (the same one used in scans) prior to performing the mammogram. This contrast is captured by breast tumors and is represented in the image as a lit bulb in a dark room.
