Primary Neuroendocrine Tumor of the Breast: Imaging Features.
10.3348/kjr.2013.14.3.395
- Author:
Eun Deok CHANG
1
;
Min Kyun KIM
;
Jeong Soo KIM
;
In Yong WHANG
Author Information
1. Department of Clinical Pathology, Uijeongbu St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Uijeongbu 480-717, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Reports
- Keywords:
Neuroendocrine tumor;
Breast;
Mammography;
Sonography;
Magnetic resonance
- MeSH:
Adult;
Breast Neoplasms/*diagnosis;
Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast/*diagnosis;
Carcinoma, Neuroendocrine/*diagnosis;
Diagnosis, Differential;
Diagnostic Imaging/*methods;
Female;
Humans;
Magnetic Resonance Imaging;
Mammography;
Ultrasonography, Mammary
- From:Korean Journal of Radiology
2013;14(3):395-399
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Focal neuroendocrine differentiation can be found in diverse histological types of breast tumors. However, the term, neuroendocrine breast tumor, indicates the diffuse expression of neuroendocrine markers in more than 50% of the tumor cell population. The imaging features of neuroendocrine breast tumor have not been accurately described due to extreme rarity of this tumor type. We present a case of a pathologically confirmed, primary neuroendocrine breast tumor in a 42-year-old woman, with imaging findings difficult to be differentiated from that of invasive ductal carcinoma.
