Presentation
Routine screening study left breast
Patient Data
Age: 65 years
Gender: Female
From the case:
Infiltrating lobular breast carcinoma
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The small density high up in the left breast was new compared with previous.
From the case:
Infiltrating lobular breast carcinoma
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These are two ultrasound images of the 6 x 4 mm lesion.
Case Discussion
This lesion on biopsy turned out to be an infiltrating lobular carcinoma of the left breast. Previous screening of this lady 2 years before was normal. Luckily this is a fatty breast; it would be quite difficult if the breast was dense to find a small lesion like this.