Unusual malignant breast lesions: imaging-pathological correlations
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Breast Imaging - Pictorial Essay

Unusual malignant breast lesions: imaging-pathological correlations

Diagn Interv Radiol 2012;18(3):270-276 DOI: 10.4261/1305-3825.DIR.4454-11.2
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Abstract

This pictorial essay presents the common radiological (mammography and/or ultrasonography) and pathological findings observed in unusual malignant breast lesions, which include well-differentiated subtypes of invasive ductal carcinoma not otherwise specified (tubular, mucinous, papillary, and medullary carcinomas), metaplastic carcinoma, and metastases. This study also includes unusual ultrasonographic appearances of a plasmacytoma.

Keywords: breast neoplasms, mammography, ultrasonography