Metaplastic breast carcinoma with extensive osseous differentiation: a case report.
We present a case of a 77-year-old female who had a metaplastic breast carcinoma with extensive osseous differentiation. Her mammogram showed a largely calcified mass, but the pathology revealed that the calcification was ossification. The radiologic differentiation between an osteoid matrix and a dense calcification is discussed. Radiologic and pathologic correlation is also provided.
Lee
Jin Hwa
JH
Department of Radiology, Dong-A University College of Medicine, 1,3-ga Dongdaeshin-dong, Seo-gu, Busan 602-715, Republic of Korea. jhrad@dau.ac.kr
Kim
Eun-Kyung
EK
Choi
Sunseob
S
Nam
Kyung Jin
KJ
Kim
Dae Cheol
DC
Cho
Se Heon
SH
D000368:Aged; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008327:Mammography; D009999:Ossification, Heterotopic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016217:Ultrasonography, Mammary