Granular cell tumor of the breast: A case report describing dynamic MR mammography
| Autor: | Tamotsu Ishida, Kazuyuki Ozeki, Kazuya Okada, Nobuo Mochinaga, Ichiro Isomoto, Takeshi Matsuo |
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| Rok vydání: | 1998 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Granular cell tumor medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Physical examination General Medicine medicine.disease Benign tumor Breast cancer Oncology Biopsy medicine Carcinoma Mammography Pharmacology (medical) Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Radiology business Breast carcinoma |
| Zdroj: | Breast Cancer. 5:179-182 |
| ISSN: | 1880-4233 1340-6868 |
| Popis: | A case of granular cell tumor of the breast in a 36-year-old woman is reported. The patient presented with a hard mass, 1.5 cm in diameter in the upper-outer quadrant of the left breast. Physical examination and ultrasonography suggested the presence of breast carcinoma. An aspiration biopsy cytology (ABC) specimen was evaluated as class II, and dynamic magnetic resonance (MR) mammography indicated a benign tumor. Granular cell tumor was finally diagnosed on examination of an excisional biopsy specimen. Granular cell tumor of the breast can mimic breast carcinoma on physical examination, mammography, ultrasonography, and even gross inspection. Dynamic MR mammography has the potential distinguish this condition from carcinoma. Awareness of this disease and prudent use of diagnostic procedures, including MR mammography, will help prevent misdiagnosis and unnecessary surgery. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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