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Infiltrating ductal carcinoma of breast presenting as areolar dermal lesion
Gulnaz Shafqat1, Shaista Khan, Khurram Minhas
1Department of Radiology, The Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi. gulnaz.shafqat@aku.edu
Abstract:
Infiltrating ductal carcinoma is the most common form of invasive breast cancer. It accounts for 80% of all types of breast cancer. We report an unusual presentation of histologically proven case of infiltrating ductal carcinoma of breast presented clinically as a small palpable areolar dermal lesion. Well defined hypoechoic cystic lesion in areolar dermis was present on ultrasound with a negative mammogram.
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