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invasive breast cancer

Case0007

75-year-old female S/P bilateral breast cancer.She had a left mastectomy for breast cancer 21 years ago and then breast conserving therapy on the right for contralateral breast cancer 4 years go. A new small irregular mass was found in the right breast during routine annual surveillance mammography, which was confirmed by digital breast tomosynthesis. Tailored ultrasound was able to demonstrate a small hypoechoic mass in the right breast corresponding to the mammographic finding. Ultrasound-guided core biopsy revealed a grade 2 invasive carcinoma of no special type.

Small invasive carcinoma shown by an animated sequence of digital breast tomosynthesis slices