Well-defined breast cancers (differential)

Last revised by Daniel J Bell ◉ on 15 Oct 2019

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Citation:

Weerakkody Y, Bell D, Gaillard F, et al. Well-defined breast cancers (differential). Reference article, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 23 Sep 2023) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-15777

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-15777

Permalink:

https://radiopaedia.org/articles/15777?iframe=true

rID:

15777

Article created:

7 Nov 2011, Yuranga Weerakkody ◉

Disclosures:

At the time the article was created Yuranga Weerakkody had no recorded disclosures.

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Last revised:

15 Oct 2019, Daniel J Bell ◉

Disclosures:

At the time the article was last revised Daniel J Bell had no recorded disclosures.

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Revisions:

6 times, by 4 contributors - see full revision history and disclosures

Systems:

Breast, Oncology

Sections:

Gamuts

Tags:

cases, breast cancer, stub, refs

Synonyms:

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