TY - JOUR
T1 - Review of ultrasound appearance in inflammatory breast cancer: A pictorial essay
AU - Abeywardhana, D.Y.
AU - Nascimento, V.C.
AU - Dissanayake, D.
AU - Taylor, Donna
AU - Metcalf, C.
AU - Saunders, Christobel
AU - Wylie, Liz
PY - 2016/2/1
Y1 - 2016/2/1
N2 - © 2015 The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists. Inflammatory breast cancer (IBC) is a rare malignancy accounting for 1-2% of breast cancers. It has an aggressive clinical presentation and poor prognosis. The sonographic findings in 41 patients with a clinical diagnosis of IBC and biopsy-proven breast malignancy are presented in this study. The most common finding was the presence of skin thickening (92%). Multiple small anechoic spaces within the dermis, correlating with the presence of dermal lymphatic invasion by tumour emboli on histopathology were noted in approximately one-third of cases. Other sonographic findings included single or multiple masses, parenchymal oedema, axillary lymphadenopathy, echogenic foci consistent with microcalcifications and increased vascularity.
AB - © 2015 The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists. Inflammatory breast cancer (IBC) is a rare malignancy accounting for 1-2% of breast cancers. It has an aggressive clinical presentation and poor prognosis. The sonographic findings in 41 patients with a clinical diagnosis of IBC and biopsy-proven breast malignancy are presented in this study. The most common finding was the presence of skin thickening (92%). Multiple small anechoic spaces within the dermis, correlating with the presence of dermal lymphatic invasion by tumour emboli on histopathology were noted in approximately one-third of cases. Other sonographic findings included single or multiple masses, parenchymal oedema, axillary lymphadenopathy, echogenic foci consistent with microcalcifications and increased vascularity.
U2 - 10.1111/1754-9485.12418
DO - 10.1111/1754-9485.12418
M3 - Article
C2 - 26631841
SN - 1754-9477
VL - 60
SP - 83
EP - 87
JO - Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology
JF - Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology
IS - 1
ER -
