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.
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.
Authors: H Japaze; J Emina; C Diaz; R J Schwam; N Gercovich; G Demonty; E Morgenfeld; E Rivarola; E Gil Deza; F G Gercovich Journal: Breast Date: 2005-02 Impact factor: 4.380
Authors: Semir Vranic; Fernando Schmitt; Anna Sapino; Jose Luis Costa; Sandeep Reddy; Michael Castro; Zoran Gatalica Journal: Histol Histopathol Date: 2013-06-17 Impact factor: 2.303