BREAST METASTASES IN ADOLESCENT GIRLS - US FINDINGS

Citation
Jf. Chateil et al., BREAST METASTASES IN ADOLESCENT GIRLS - US FINDINGS, Pediatric radiology, 28(11), 1998, pp. 832-835
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Radiology,Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging",Pediatrics
Journal title
ISSN journal
03010449
Volume
28
Issue
11
Year of publication
1998
Pages
832 - 835
Database
ISI
SICI code
0301-0449(1998)28:11<832:BMIAG->2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
We report five adolescent girls with secondary breast tumours. All wer e imaged by US and the imaging findings have been analysed. Four girls had rhabdomyosarcoma as the primary malignant disease and one had leu kaemia. US features were variable, but most of the cases showed hetero geneous nodules which were quite different from the usual benign lesio ns (fibroadenoma, abscess, cyst) encountered at this age. The metastas es produced a variety of echo characteristics: masses with well-define d margins, hyperechoic foci and sonolucent or hypoechoic nodules with posterior attenuation or lacking posterior enhancement. One lesion was round and heterogeneous with a hyperechoic centre. These US findings in an adolescent girl suggest the need for fine-needle aspiration. Mam mograms, when performed, never revealed microcalcifications and were q uite difficult to analyse at this age, due to the dense glandular brea st tissue.