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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Prince Tano Djan, BSc, MBChB [2]

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There are no CT scan findings diagnostic of mastitis. CT scan is helpful only when there is suspicious metastatic inflammatory breast cancer.^[1]

There are no CT scan findings diagnostic of mastitis. CT scan is helpful only when there is suspicious metastatic inflammatory breast cancer.^[1]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 de Bazelaire C, Groheux D, Chapellier M, Sabatier F, Scémama A, Pluvinage A; et al. (2012). "Breast inflammation: indications for MRI and PET-CT". Diagn Interv Imaging. 93 (2): 104–15. doi:10.1016/j.diii.2011.12.004. PMID 22305594.