PMID- 23158037
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20131125
LR  - 20220318
IS  - 1728-7731 (Electronic)
IS  - 1726-4901 (Linking)
VI  - 75
IP  - 11
DP  - 2012 Nov
TI  - Sonographic presentations of metaplastic breast cancers.
PG  - 589-94
LID - S1726-4901(12)00208-0 [pii]
LID - 10.1016/j.jcma.2012.08.005 [doi]
AB  - BACKGROUND: Metaplastic carcinoma of the breast (MPCB) is a rare breast cancer. 
      We reviewed sonographic findings for MPCB. METHODS: Grayscale ultrasonography 
      (US), color Doppler US (CDUS), and spectral Doppler US (SDUS) findings for 10 
      patients with MPCB breast were retrospectively reviewed. RESULTS: The prevalence 
      of MPCB was 3.9% among cases of breast cancer in our hospital. All patients had a 
      rapidly growing palpable breast mass. The mean lesion size was 5.7 cm. On US, the 
      lesion shape was most commonly gently lobulated (90%); only one showed an 
      irregular shape (10%). The lesion shape was most commonly circumscribed (90%). 
      Nine tumors had an abrupt boundary and one had an indistinct boundary. Lesion 
      echogenicity was hypoechoic and very hypoechoic (40%), hypoechoic (30%), or very 
      hypoechoic, hypoechoic, and hyperechoic (30%). All our cases had cystic parts 
      with posterior acoustic enhancement, representing necrosis or hemorrhage. CDUS 
      showed peripheral, central and marginal color flow signals. The resistivity index 
      (RI) of tumor vessels in the lesions ranged from 0.7 to 1.3. The axillary lymph 
      nodes were enlarged on US and were positive for metastasis in three cases (30%). 
      CONCLUSION: MPCB is a rare rapidly growing tumor. US findings included gently 
      lobulated, complex mass lesion with cystic parts and posterior acoustic 
      enhancement, representing necrosis or hemorrhage. Increased color flow signals 
      and relative high RI of the feeding arteries were also seen.
CI  - Copyright (c) 2012. Published by Elsevier B.V.
FAU - Lai, Yi-Chen
AU  - Lai YC
AD  - Department of Radiology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC.
FAU - Hsu, Chih-Yi
AU  - Hsu CY
FAU - Chou, Yi-Hong
AU  - Chou YH
FAU - Tiu, Chui-Mei
AU  - Tiu CM
FAU - Tseng, Ling-Ming
AU  - Tseng LM
FAU - Wang, Hsin-Kai
AU  - Wang HK
FAU - Chiou, Hong-Jen
AU  - Chiou HJ
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20121009
PL  - Netherlands
TA  - J Chin Med Assoc
JT  - Journal of the Chinese Medical Association : JCMA
JID - 101174817
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - Aged
MH  - Aged, 80 and over
MH  - Breast Neoplasms/*diagnostic imaging/pathology
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Neoplasm Metastasis
MH  - Ultrasonography
EDAT- 2012/11/20 06:00
MHDA- 2013/12/16 06:00
CRDT- 2012/11/20 06:00
PHST- 2011/12/30 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2012/03/30 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2012/11/20 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2012/11/20 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2013/12/16 06:00 [medline]
AID - S1726-4901(12)00208-0 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.jcma.2012.08.005 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Chin Med Assoc. 2012 Nov;75(11):589-94. doi: 10.1016/j.jcma.2012.08.005. Epub 
      2012 Oct 9.