Lymph node microcalcifications after neoadjuvant chemotherapy: A therapeutic response marker.

Autor: da Costa Vieira RA; Department of Surgical Oncology, Breast Division, Muriaé Cancer Hospital, Muriaé, MG, Brazil.; Department of Radiology, Breast Division, Muriaé Cancer Hospital, Muriaé, MG, Brazil., da Rocha CA; Department of Radiology, Breast Division, Muriaé Cancer Hospital, Muriaé, MG, Brazil., Falcão-Junior PC; Department of Pathology, Muriaé Cancer Hospital, Muriaé, MG, Brazil., de Oliveira LCN; Department of Surgical Oncology, Breast Division, Muriaé Cancer Hospital, Muriaé, MG, Brazil.; Department of Radiology, Breast Division, Muriaé Cancer Hospital, Muriaé, MG, Brazil.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Breast disease [Breast Dis] 2023; Vol. 42 (1), pp. 17-21.
DOI: 10.3233/BD-220025
Abstrakt: Lymph node microcalcifications are rare events, and when they are accompanied by neoplasia, they usually seem to be associated with a metastatic condition. We present a case of a patient with breast cancer and lymph node microcalcifications undergoing neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NCT). A change in the calcification pattern towards becoming coarse was observed. Calcification represented a marker of axillary disease, and it was resected after NCT. This is the first report of a patient with lymph node microcalcification undergoing NCT. We observed a change in the calcification format, which facilitated lymph node sentinel identification. Pathological evaluation indicated metastatic disease.
Databáze: MEDLINE
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