Infiltrating ductal carcinoma

Case contributed by Garth Kruger , 11 Jan 2013
Diagnosis certain
Changed by Mostafa Elfeky, 10 Sep 2021

Updates to Case Attributes

Age changed from 32 to 30 years.
Body was changed:

This lesion was described as likely being a fibroadenoma. This lesion is not a fibroadenoma. The lesion is poorly circumscribed, has no pseudocapsule, shows multiple lobulations and is as tall as it is wide. In fact, this lesion does not have a single characteristic of a fibroadenoma.

The lesion was biopsied 3 months later because it had enlarged. This is an IDCinfiltrating ductal carcinoma (IDC).

  • -<p>This lesion is not a fibroadenoma. The lesion is poorly circumscribed, has no pseudocapsule, shows multiple lobulations and is as tall as it is wide. In fact this lesion does not have a single characteristic of a fibroadenoma.</p><p>The lesion was biopsied 3 months later because it had enlarged. This is an IDC.</p>
  • +<p>This lesion was described as likely being a fibroadenoma. This lesion is not a fibroadenoma. In fact, this lesion does not have a single characteristic of <a title="Fibroadenoma (breast)" href="/articles/fibroadenoma-breast">fibroadenoma</a>.</p><p>The lesion was biopsied 3 months later because it had enlarged. This is an <a title="Infiltrating ductal carcinoma" href="/articles/invasive-ductal-carcinoma">infiltrating ductal carcinoma (IDC)</a>.</p>

Systems changed:

  • Oncology

Updates to Study Attributes

Modality changed from to Ultrasound.
Findings was changed:

ThisUltrasound image of the palpable lesion. The lesion was describedis poorly circumscribed, has no pseudocapsule, shows multiple lobulations and is as likely being a fibroadenomatall as it is wide.

Images Changes:

Image Ultrasound ( update )

Description was removed:
Ultrasound image of the palpable lesion

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