Soonchunhyang Med Sci.
2019 Jun;25(1):57-61. 10.0000/sms.2019.25.1.57.
Adenomyoepithelioma of the Breast: Which Mimicking Malignancy on Ultrasound Elastography
- Affiliations
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- 1Department of Radiology, Soonchunhyang University Cheonan Hospital, Cheonan, Korea. c87093@schmc.ac.kr
- 2Department of Radiology, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, Korea.
- 3Department of Pathology, Soonchunhyang University Cheonan Hospital, Cheonan, Korea.
- KMID: 2452797
- DOI: http://doi.org/10.0000/sms.2019.25.1.57
Abstract
- Adenomyoepithelioma (AME) is a rare breast lesion with balanced proliferation of both epithelial and myoepithelial cells. Patients usually present with a solitary mass without pain and nipple discharge. Although the tumor is generally considered benign, it has potential for local recurrence, metastasis, or malignant change. Approximately 150 cases have been reported in the medical literature, of which 40 cases were malignant or potentially malignant. But among them, elastographic findings have been reported in only two cases and still remain unclear. Herein, we now present a case of breast AME with emphasis on elastography.
