Case view

Case 3.- Dr. Giuseppe FLORIS

Description: A large cystic tumor in the left breast of a post-menopausal woman (B-1967816). Clinical inspection shows a large mobile tumor of about 12 cm in diameter which is soft at palpation. On standard mammography the lesion shows confluent lesions with sharply and not-sharply delineated borders, causing prominent mass effect in the whole lateral half of the breast. Ultrasound imaging shows an oval-shaped mass with heterogeneous hypo- hyper-echogenic aspect characterized by cystic spaces with thick wall and filled with fluctuating material (debris, blood or mucin). Two representative biopsies from the resection specimen are presented. Predictive markers, ER, PR and HER2 were negative.

Created date: 2021-05-11