title: Synchronous bilateral mucinous carcinoma of the breast: case report.
abstract: A mucinous carcinoma of the breast is a well-differentiated rare histological type of invasive ductal carcinoma, having a lower frequency of metastasis to an axillary lymph node and a better survival rate. Bilateral breast cancer has an overall incidence of 4% to 20% in patients with primary operable breast cancer. Few reports exist in the clinical literature characterizing a synchronous bilateral mucinous carcinoma of the breast. We report the characteristic imaging findings of a bilateral mucinous carcinoma of the breast.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Soonchunhyang University Hospital, Yongsan-Ku, Seoul, Korea. ywchang@hosp.sch.ac.kr
authors.forename: Yun-Woo
authors.initials: YW
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: Kui Hyang
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Kwon
authors.forename: Dong Wha
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D002288:Adenocarcinoma, Mucinous / Q000175:diagnosis*; D000368:Aged; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D008327:Mammography / Q000379:methods*