Atypical sonographic appearance of small invasive lobular carcinoma of the breast
✍ Scribed by Laila Ashkar; Jean-Pierre Phancao; Benoît Mesurolle
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 186 KB
- Volume
- 34
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0091-2751
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✦ Synopsis
FIGURE 2. Benign-appearing nodule in a patient with a history of contralateral breast carcinoma. A right craniocaudal mammogram (not shown) showed a dense breast without focal abnormality. (A) Sonography showed an ovoid, solid, well-defined, 7-mm mass (arrows). (B) Sonographic guided biopsy with a 14-gauge needle (arrows) revealed ILC.
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