Primary neuroendocrine breast carcinoma: a case report and literature review

Radiologia brasileira
Maria Helena ValentimJosé Carlos Marques

Abstract

The authors present a case of a neuroendocrine carcinoma in an asymptomatic 75-year-old woman, detected in routine breast screening. The lesion was visible at mammography as a well circumscribed, medium density nodule, with no associated microcalcifications, and at ultrasonography as a hypoechoic nodule, with irregular shape and ill-defined margins. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed findings consistent with malignancy.

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Nov 8, 2016·Radiologia brasileira·Bruna Maria ThompsonMaria Regina Vianna
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