Sonography of Invasive Apocrine Carcinoma of the Breast in Five Cases.
10.3348/kjr.2015.16.5.1006
- Author:
Kyung Jin SEO
1
;
Yeong Yi AN
;
In Yong WHANG
;
Eun Deok CHANG
;
Bong Joo KANG
;
Sung Hun KIM
;
Chang Suk PARK
;
Jeong Soo KIM
;
Hyunjoo HONG
Author Information
1. Department of Hospital Pathology, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul 06591, Korea.
- Publication Type:Brief Communication ; Case Reports
- Keywords:
Breast;
Sonography;
Invasive apocrine carcinoma
- MeSH:
Aged;
Apocrine Glands/pathology/ultrasonography;
Breast Neoplasms/*diagnosis/pathology/ultrasonography;
Carcinoma/*diagnosis/pathology/ultrasonography;
Female;
Humans;
Middle Aged;
Neoplasm Invasiveness;
Positron-Emission Tomography;
Receptor, ErbB-2/metabolism;
Receptors, Estrogen/metabolism;
Receptors, Progesterone/metabolism;
Tomography, X-Ray Computed;
Tumor Suppressor Protein p53/metabolism
- From:Korean Journal of Radiology
2015;16(5):1006-1011
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the sonographic features of invasive apocrine carcinoma (IAC) of the breast. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This study included five pathologically proven cases of IAC, and their sonographic features were retrospectively analyzed according to the Breast Imaging Reporting and Data System (BI-RADS) lexicon. RESULTS: All five lesions involved the left breast and were seen as irregularly shaped masses. All lesions, except one, had a parallel orientation to the chest wall. All five lesions showed noncircumscribed margins and heterogeneous echotexture; however, they showed various posterior features. One lesion had edema as an associated feature. Sonographic assessments were classified as BI-RADS category 4 in all five cases. CONCLUSION: Invasive apocrine carcinoma sonographic findings are difficult to differentiate from those of invasive ductal carcinoma of no special type.
