A “Spontaneously Shrinking” Breast Mass: Unusual Presentation of Invasive Tubular Carcinoma

A solid breast mass that decreases in size over time without treatment is generally felt to be inconsistent with a diagnosis of malignancy. We describe a case where this dogma proves to be incorrect. Mammographic features of a mass, along with the patient's clinical hormonal status, need to be...

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Autores principales: Mahal, Ravinder S., Pockaj, Barbara A., Roberts, Catherine C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4891469/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27298686
http://dx.doi.org/10.2484/rcr.v1i2.17
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description A solid breast mass that decreases in size over time without treatment is generally felt to be inconsistent with a diagnosis of malignancy. We describe a case where this dogma proves to be incorrect. Mammographic features of a mass, along with the patient's clinical hormonal status, need to be considered along with size characteristics.
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spelling pubmed-48914692016-06-13 A “Spontaneously Shrinking” Breast Mass: Unusual Presentation of Invasive Tubular Carcinoma Mahal, Ravinder S. Pockaj, Barbara A. Roberts, Catherine C. Radiol Case Rep Article A solid breast mass that decreases in size over time without treatment is generally felt to be inconsistent with a diagnosis of malignancy. We describe a case where this dogma proves to be incorrect. Mammographic features of a mass, along with the patient's clinical hormonal status, need to be considered along with size characteristics. Elsevier 2015-11-06 /pmc/articles/PMC4891469/ /pubmed/27298686 http://dx.doi.org/10.2484/rcr.v1i2.17 Text en © 2006 The Authors. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4891469/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.2484/rcr.v1i2.17
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