Primary Sarcoid of the Breast with Incidental Malignancy

Breast sarcoidosis is rare and usually presents in patients with known sarcoid involving other organ systems. In the breast, sarcoidosis may mimic malignancy which must be excluded by core biopsy. We report a very unusual case of primary breast sarcoidosis with incidentally discovered breast carcino...

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Autores principales: Isley, Laura M., Cluver, Abbie R., Leddy, Rebecca J., Baker, Megan K.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3424916/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22919560
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2156-7514.99180
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author Isley, Laura M.
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description Breast sarcoidosis is rare and usually presents in patients with known sarcoid involving other organ systems. In the breast, sarcoidosis may mimic malignancy which must be excluded by core biopsy. We report a very unusual case of primary breast sarcoidosis with incidentally discovered breast carcinoma. The roles of mammography, ultrasound, and MRI in the diagnosis as well as other potential differential diagnosis are discussed.
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spelling pubmed-34249162012-08-23 Primary Sarcoid of the Breast with Incidental Malignancy Isley, Laura M. Cluver, Abbie R. Leddy, Rebecca J. Baker, Megan K. J Clin Imaging Sci Case Report Breast sarcoidosis is rare and usually presents in patients with known sarcoid involving other organ systems. In the breast, sarcoidosis may mimic malignancy which must be excluded by core biopsy. We report a very unusual case of primary breast sarcoidosis with incidentally discovered breast carcinoma. The roles of mammography, ultrasound, and MRI in the diagnosis as well as other potential differential diagnosis are discussed. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012-07-28 /pmc/articles/PMC3424916/ /pubmed/22919560 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2156-7514.99180 Text en Copyright: © 2012 Isley LM, et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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