Sonography of Invasive Apocrine Carcinoma of the Breast in Five Cases
Korean Journal of Radiology
; : 1006-1011, 2015.
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the sonographic features of invasive apocrine carcinoma (IAC) of the breast. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This study included five pathologically proven cases of IAC, and their sonographic features were retrospectively analyzed according to the Breast Imaging Reporting and Data System (BI-RADS) lexicon. RESULTS: All five lesions involved the left breast and were seen as irregularly shaped masses. All lesions, except one, had a parallel orientation to the chest wall. All five lesions showed noncircumscribed margins and heterogeneous echotexture; however, they showed various posterior features. One lesion had edema as an associated feature. Sonographic assessments were classified as BI-RADS category 4 in all five cases. CONCLUSION: Invasive apocrine carcinoma sonographic findings are difficult to differentiate from those of invasive ductal carcinoma of no special type.
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Main subject:
Apocrine Glands
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Breast Neoplasms
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Carcinoma
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Receptors, Progesterone
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Receptors, Estrogen
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Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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Tumor Suppressor Protein p53
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Receptor, ErbB-2
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Positron-Emission Tomography
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Neoplasm Invasiveness
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
Korean Journal of Radiology
Year:
2015
Document type:
Article