An Intracystic Papillary Carcinoma of the Breast

authors:

avatar Donya Farrokh 1 , avatar Mahboobeh Abedi 1 , * , avatar Yalda Fallah Rastegar 2

Dept. of Radiology, Imam Reza Hospital, Mashad University of Medical Sciences, Mashad, Iran
Dept. of Surgery, Shariaty Hospital, Mashad University of Medical Sciences, Mashad, Iran

how to cite: Farrokh D, Abedi M , Fallah Rastegar Y. An Intracystic Papillary Carcinoma of the Breast. Int J Cancer Manag. 2013;6(2):e80413. 

Abstract

Intracystic carcinoma of the breast is a rare form of breast carcinoma. Among all malignant breast tumors, this lesion has an incidence of 0.2-0.5%. These neoplasms have certain characteristic imaging findings which help to differentiate these lesions from other focal breast abnormalities. This report is on the case of a 48-year-old woman with a palpable, painless lump in her right breast. Mammography demonstrated an oval well-circumscribed mass without calcification. Breast ultrasonography showed a cystic lesion with an intracystic solid component projecting from its posterior wall. Cyst aspiration revealed a hemorrhagic fluid and a suspicious cytology. Excisional biopsy revealed papillary carcinoma suggesting of intracystic papillary carcinoma.

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