Secretory carcinoma of the breast

✍ Scribed by Mi Hye Paeng; Hye-Young Choi; Sun Hee Sung; Byung In Moon; Sung Shine Shim

• Book ID: 102329547
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2003
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 246 KB
• Volume: 31
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0091-2751
• DOI: 10.1002/jcu.10198

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

Secretory carcinoma of the breast is a rare but histologically distinct variant of invasive ductal carcinoma that has an indolent growth pattern and a more favorable prognosis than that of typical ductal carcinoma. We present the imaging and histopathologic findings of a case of this tumor that initially manifested as a palpable mass in the left breast of a 31‐year‐old woman. It appeared sonographically as a round, well‐circumscribed but microlobulated hypoechoic solid mass. Secretory carcinoma of the breast may resemble other well‐circumscribed breast carcinomas as well as some benign masses, including fibroadenomas. Breast imagers should be aware of this rare tumor's nonspecific imaging features and clinical implications when making a differential diagnosis of solid breast masses. © 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Clin Ultrasound 31:425–429, 2003