Well-defined breast cancers (differential)
Last revised by Daniel J Bell on 15 Oct 2019
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Weerakkody Y, Bell D, Gaillard F, et al. Well-defined breast cancers (differential). Reference article, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 19 Apr 2024) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-15777
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Article created:
7 Nov 2011,
Yuranga Weerakkody ◉
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Last revised:
15 Oct 2019,
Daniel J Bell ◉
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- Realtively well defined breast cancers
- Well defined breast cancers
Certain well-defined breast cancers tend to lack the characteristic spiculation and can give false reassurance of more benign entities on both ultrasound and mammography. These include:
- certain high grade invasive ductal carcinomas: not enough time for a desmoplastic reaction to form spiculation
- mucinous breast carcinoma: can also be markedly hypoechoic on ultrasound and sometimes mimic a cyst
- medullary breast carcinoma: can also be markedly hypoechoic on ultrasound and sometimes mimic a cyst
- papillary breast carcinoma
References
- 1. Paredes ES. Atlas of mammography. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. (2007) ISBN:0781764335. Read it at Google Books - Find it at Amazon
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