Journal of the Korean Radiological Society  2007;57(2):203-206

doi:10.3348/jkrs.2007.57.2.203

Apocrine Carcinoma of the Breast: A Case Report.

Do Youn KIM 1 ; Seok Seon KANG ; Hwa Young KIM ; Eun Kyung JI ; Tae Hee KWON ; Hai Lin PARK ; Jeong Yun SHIM

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Keywords

Breast; Carcinoma; Ultrasonography; Apocrine glands

Country

Republic of Korea

Language

Korean

Abstract

Apocrine carcinoma is a rare breast cancer and its frequency is about 0.4% of all breast cancers. Little is known about its clinical behavior and prognosis. To our knowledge, few studies have reported the radiologic appearances of apocrine carcinoma in the breast and there has been no such report from Korea. We describe the sonographic findings of a case of apocrine carcinoma in the breast. The sonographic findings are microlobulated heterogeneous hypoechoic lesion that has a central markedly hypoechoic portion and a peripheral mixture of iso and hypoechgenecity.