Wednesday, 2 April 2008

Radiologic-Pathologic Conferences of the Nagoya University Hospital: Centrally Necrotizing Carcinoma of the Breast

Koji Oda, Hiroko Satake, Akiko Nishio, Shu Ichihara, Yoshie Shimoyama, Tsuneo Imai, and Masato Nagino
AJR 2008;190:237-239

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A representative case is presented, in which the characteristic clinical and radiologic features led to a preoperative diagnosis of centrally necrotizing carcinoma of the breast. The preoperative diagnosis of centrally necrotizing carcinoma of the breast is important for breast surgeons and radiologists in performing aspiration cytology or core needle biopsy because of the vascular nature of the lesion. Thorough hemostasis is necessary after careful percutaneous sampling because of the risk of hemorrhage.

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