Lobular lesions of the breast: imaging findings of lobular neoplasia and invasive lobular carcinoma.
The clinical and radiological diagnoses of lobular neoplasia (LN) and invasive lobular carcinoma (ILC) are difficult because they have no specific findings. The purpose of this study is to illustrate the imaging and pathological features of LN and ILC. For lobular lesions, imaging is the basic and essential diagnostic tool, so the understanding and effective use of multimodality imaging findings are important. This article shows imaging findings of LN, which are seldom known, and ILC as well as their characteristic histopathological features.
Department of Radiology, Chungnam National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea.
Bo Bae
BB
Choi
Sung Hun
SH
Kim
Kwang Sun
KS
Shu
D001706:Biopsy; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D018270:Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D018275:Carcinoma, Lobular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D011230:Precancerous Conditions / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D014463:Ultrasonography