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Sonographically Unusual Breast Carcinomas, 2 Case Reports

BACKGROUND: For infiltrative breast lesions; sonography might not always be as helpful as mammography and MRI (magnetic resonance imaging). For higher sensitivity and specificity, these 3 imaging methods should be carried out together. Radiologists should be aware of the patient’s history and compla...

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Autores principales: Arslan, Gozde, Celik, Levent
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: International Scientific Literature, Inc. 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5085334/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27822324
http://dx.doi.org/10.12659/PJR.897780
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description BACKGROUND: For infiltrative breast lesions; sonography might not always be as helpful as mammography and MRI (magnetic resonance imaging). For higher sensitivity and specificity, these 3 imaging methods should be carried out together. Radiologists should be aware of the patient’s history and complaints. Patients who have a specific history like a long-term drug treatment or a palpable tumour should be approached differently. CASE REPORT: We would like to present 2 cases with atypical sonographic findings. The first case is an infiltrative breast cancer with occult sonography findings in a patient with a history of a long-term immunosuppressive drug treatment due to kidney transplantation and the second case is a malignant breast tumour which is hyperechogenic on sonography. CONCLUSIONS: Overall breast sonography should always be correlated with mammography in patients over 40 years old and the images should be interpreted along with the patient’s history and clinical status.
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spelling pubmed-50853342016-11-07 Sonographically Unusual Breast Carcinomas, 2 Case Reports Arslan, Gozde Celik, Levent Pol J Radiol Case Report BACKGROUND: For infiltrative breast lesions; sonography might not always be as helpful as mammography and MRI (magnetic resonance imaging). For higher sensitivity and specificity, these 3 imaging methods should be carried out together. Radiologists should be aware of the patient’s history and complaints. Patients who have a specific history like a long-term drug treatment or a palpable tumour should be approached differently. CASE REPORT: We would like to present 2 cases with atypical sonographic findings. The first case is an infiltrative breast cancer with occult sonography findings in a patient with a history of a long-term immunosuppressive drug treatment due to kidney transplantation and the second case is a malignant breast tumour which is hyperechogenic on sonography. CONCLUSIONS: Overall breast sonography should always be correlated with mammography in patients over 40 years old and the images should be interpreted along with the patient’s history and clinical status. International Scientific Literature, Inc. 2016-09-11 /pmc/articles/PMC5085334/ /pubmed/27822324 http://dx.doi.org/10.12659/PJR.897780 Text en © Pol J Radiol, 2016 This is an open access article. Unrestricted non-commercial use is permitted provided the original work is properly cited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5085334/
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