Contrast-enhanced computed tomography detection of occult breast cancers presenting as axillary masses.
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.
Akashi-Tanaka
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Department of Surgical Oncology, National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo, Japan. sakashi@gan2.ncc.go.jp
Fukutomi
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Miyakawa
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Uchiyama
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Nanasawa
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Tsuda
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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
D003287:Contrast Media