TY - JOUR
T1 - Synchronous bilateral breast carcinomas with divergent radiographic presentations
T2 - Radiologic-pathologic correlation of invasive mucinous and ductal carcinomas
AU - Caron, Lena
AU - May, Evelyn
AU - Cimino-Mathews, Ashley
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 The Authors.
Copyright:
Copyright 2015 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2015/9/1
Y1 - 2015/9/1
N2 - The differential diagnosis of well-circumscribed breast masses on imaging includes mostly benign tumors. A potential pitfall in diagnostic breast imaging is that 10-20% of malignancies appear as lesions with benign imaging characteristics. This report presents a case of synchronous bilateral breast masses, one of which demonstrated benign imaging characteristics (well circumscribed) and the second of which demonstrated suspicious imaging characteristics (spiculated and indistinct). After radiologic-pathologic correlation, it was found that the well-circumscribed mass of the right breast was an invasive mucinous carcinoma, and the spiculated indistinct mass of the left breast was an invasive ductal carcinoma. This highlights a possible hazard of diagnostic imaging in the setting of benign-appearing lesions, and underscores the importance of radiographic-pathologic correlation in the evaluation of breast masses.
AB - The differential diagnosis of well-circumscribed breast masses on imaging includes mostly benign tumors. A potential pitfall in diagnostic breast imaging is that 10-20% of malignancies appear as lesions with benign imaging characteristics. This report presents a case of synchronous bilateral breast masses, one of which demonstrated benign imaging characteristics (well circumscribed) and the second of which demonstrated suspicious imaging characteristics (spiculated and indistinct). After radiologic-pathologic correlation, it was found that the well-circumscribed mass of the right breast was an invasive mucinous carcinoma, and the spiculated indistinct mass of the left breast was an invasive ductal carcinoma. This highlights a possible hazard of diagnostic imaging in the setting of benign-appearing lesions, and underscores the importance of radiographic-pathologic correlation in the evaluation of breast masses.
KW - Ductal carcinoma
KW - Mucinous carcinoma
KW - Radiology-pathology correlation
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ehpc.2015.02.004
DO - 10.1016/j.ehpc.2015.02.004
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84949725416
VL - 2
SP - 63
EP - 66
JO - Human Pathology: Case Reports
JF - Human Pathology: Case Reports
SN - 2214-3300
IS - 3
ER -