Well-defined breast cancers (differential)

Certain well-defined breast cancers tend to lack the characteristic spiculation and can give false reassurance of more benign entities on both ultrasound and mammography. These include:

• certain high grade invasive ductal carcinomas: not enough time for a desmoplastic reaction to form spiculation
• mucinous breast carcinoma: can also be markedly hypoechoic on ultrasound and sometimes mimic a cyst
• medullary breast carcinoma: can also be markedly hypoechoic on ultrasound and sometimes mimic a cyst
• papillary breast carcinoma

Siehe auch:

• Malignitätskriterien Sonographie Mamma
• medullary breast carcinoma
• papilläres Mammakarzinom
• invasives muzinöses Mammakarzinom