Sonography of Invasive Apocrine Carcinoma of the Breast in Five Cases

To evaluate the sonographic features of invasive apocrine carcinoma (IAC) of the breast. 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. All five les...

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Published in:Korean journal of radiology 2015, 16(5), , pp.1006-1011
Main Authors: Seo, Kyung-Jin, An, Yeong Yi, Whang, In Yong, Chang, Eun Deok, Kang, Bong Joo, Kim, Sung Hun, Park, Chang Suk, Kim, Jeong Soo, Hong, Hyunjoo
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
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Apocrine Glands - diagnostic imaging
Apocrine Glands - pathology
Breast cancer
Breast Imaging
Breast Neoplasms - diagnosis
Breast Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging
Breast Neoplasms - pathology
Carcinoma - diagnosis
Carcinoma - diagnostic imaging
Carcinoma - pathology
Case reports
Cysts
Cytoplasm
Edema
Female
Humans
Mammography
Middle Aged
Neoplasm Invasiveness
Patients
Positron-Emission Tomography
Receptor, ErbB-2 - metabolism
Receptors, Estrogen - metabolism
Receptors, Progesterone - metabolism
Stains & staining
Tomography
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Tumor Suppressor Protein p53 - metabolism
Tumors
Ultrasonic imaging
Ultrasonography
Womens health
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Summary:To evaluate the sonographic features of invasive apocrine carcinoma (IAC) of the breast. 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. 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. Invasive apocrine carcinoma sonographic findings are difficult to differentiate from those of invasive ductal carcinoma of no special type.
ISSN:1229-6929
2005-8330
DOI:10.3348/kjr.2015.16.5.1006