Giant phyllodes tumors of the breast: imaging findings with clinicopathological correlation in 14 cases

Jin Chung; Eun Ju Son; Jeong-Ah Kim; Eun-Kyung Kim; Jin Young Kwak; Joon Jeong

doi:10.1016/j.clinimag.2010.01.004

Giant phyllodes tumors of the breast: imaging findings with clinicopathological correlation in 14 cases

Clin Imaging. 2011 Mar-Apr;35(2):102-7. doi: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2010.01.004.

Authors

Jin Chung¹, Eun Ju Son, Jeong-Ah Kim, Eun-Kyung Kim, Jin Young Kwak, Joon Jeong

Affiliation

¹ Department of Radiology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.

PMID: 21377047
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2010.01.004

Abstract

Purpose: To describe imaging features in giant phyllodes tumors (GPTs) with radiology-pathologic correlations.

Materials and methods: Surgically confirmed 14 GPTs of the breast were retrospectively reviewed with ultrasound, mammograms, computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, and positron emission tomography.

Results: The most GPTs showed circumscribed and lobulated masses with cystic necrosis. Five cases of core needle biopsy results were benign other than GPTs.

Conclusion: Radiology-pathologic correlation in GPTs is essential, due to differences of pathologic results (5/14 in our study) between core biopsy and surgical pathology.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adult
Biopsy, Needle
Breast Neoplasms / diagnosis*
Diagnostic Imaging / methods*
Female
Humans
Middle Aged
Phyllodes Tumor / diagnosis*
Reproducibility of Results
Sensitivity and Specificity
Statistics as Topic
Young Adult