title: Contrast-enhanced computed tomography detection of occult breast cancers presenting as axillary masses.
abstract: Some non-palpable breast cancers presenting as axillary metastases (occult breast cancer, OBC) are not clinically detectable by either mammography (MMG) or ultrasonography (US). We performed contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CE-CT) in order to locate the primary tumors in five cases of OBC and succeeded in locating all of them.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgical Oncology, National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo, Japan. sakashi@gan2.ncc.go.jp
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Akashi-Tanaka
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fukutomi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Miyakawa
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Uchiyama
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nanasawa
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tsuda
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001365:Axilla; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D018270:Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000556:secondary; D018275:Carcinoma, Lobular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000556:secondary; D003287:Contrast Media; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media