Ultrasonographic Features of Neuroendocrine Carcinoma of Breast
- VernacularTitle:乳腺神经内分泌癌的超声影像学表现
- Author:
Yunhua ZHANG
1
;
Limin LIU
;
Hansheng XIA
;
Qing YU
;
Haixia YUAN
Author Information
1. 复旦大学附属中山医院超声科
- Keywords:
Breast;
Neuroendocrine carcinoma;
Gray-scale ultrasound;
Color Doppler ultrasound;
Ultrasound elastography
- From:
Chinese Journal of Clinical Medicine
2015;(6):784-786
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective :To investigate ultrasonographic features of neuroendocrine carcinoma of breast . Methods :The ultrasonographic features of twenty-nine patients with neuroendocrine carcinoma of breast confirmed by pathology were retrospectively analyzed .Among them ,twenty-five cases were invasive neuroendocrine carcinomas while the other four cases were neuroendocrine carcinomas in situ .Results :Twenty-six lesions were hypoechoic while the other three were isoechoic . Twenty-three lesions were heterogeneous while the other 6 were homogeneous .The shape was irregular in twenty-three masses and regular in 6 masses . Microcalcification was found in 11 masses while hyperechoic halo was found in 1 mass . Hypervascular ,isovascular ,hypovascular and avascular images were found in 15 ,9 ,3 ,and 2 masses ,respectively .Eight masses were examined by ultrasound elastography .According to elastography score ,1 ,3 ,and 4 points were found in 1 ,2 , and 5 masses , respectively . The accuracy rate of ultrasonographic diagnosis for breast mass was 97% (28/29 ) . And the accuracy rate of ultrasonographic diagnosis for ipsilateral axillary lymph node metastases was 75% (9/12 ) .Conclusions :Features such as heterogeneous echo ,irregular shape ,microcalcification inside mass ,hypervascular image and high score on elastography are frequent for neuroendocrine carcinoma of breast .The combined application of gray-scale ultrasound ,color Doppler ultrasound and ultrasound elastography may be conducive to the differential diagnosis of lesion .
