Mammographycally occult high grade ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) as second primary breast cancer, detected with MRI: a case report

Marta Zebic-Sinkovec; Maksimiljan Kadivec; Gasper Podobnik; Erik Skof; Marko Snoj

doi:10.2478/v10019-010-0033-9

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Mammographycally occult high grade ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) as second primary breast cancer, detected with MRI: a case report

Radiology and Oncology

Volume 44 (2010): Issue 4 (December 2010)

By: Marta Zebic-Sinkovec, Maksimiljan Kadivec, Gasper Podobnik, Erik Skof and Marko Snoj

Open Access

|Aug 2010

Abstract

Background. Contralateral breast cancer (CLB) is the most common second primary breast cancer in patients diagnosed with breast cancer. The majority of patients harbouring CLB tumours develop the invasive disease. Almost all invasive carcinomas are believed to begin as ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) lesions. The sensitivity of MRI for DCIS is much higher than that of mammography.

Case report. We report the case of a woman who was treated with breast conserving therapy 10 years ago. At that time the invasive medullary carcinoma was diagnosed in the left breast. Ten years later mammographically occult DCIS was diagnosed with MRI-guided core biopsy in contralateral breast.

Conclusions. There might be a potential role of MRI screening as part of an annual follow-up for patients diagnosed with breast cancer.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10019-010-0033-9 | Journal eISSN: 1581-3207 | Journal ISSN: 1318-2099

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Language: English

Page range: 228 - 231

Published on: Aug 9, 2010

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Keywords:

high-grade DCIS,

second primary breast cancer,

Related subjects:

Haematology, oncology,

Radiology

© 2010 Marta Zebic-Sinkovec, Maksimiljan Kadivec, Gasper Podobnik, Erik Skof, Marko Snoj, published by Association of Radiology and Oncology
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Volume 44 (2010): Issue 4 (December 2010)