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Park KW, Han BK, Rhee SJ, Cho SY, Ko EY, Ko ES, Choi JS. Atypical Ductal Hyperplasia: Risk Factors for Predicting Pathologic Upgrade on Excisional Biopsy. JOURNAL OF THE KOREAN SOCIETY OF RADIOLOGY 2022; 83:632-644. [PMID: 36238508 PMCID: PMC9514512 DOI: 10.3348/jksr.2021.0109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2021] [Revised: 07/28/2021] [Accepted: 08/16/2021] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Purpose To determine the incidence of atypical ductal hyperplasia (ADH) in needle biopsy and the upgrade rate to carcinoma, and to evaluate difference in findings between the upgrade and non-upgrade groups. Materials and Methods Among 9660 needle biopsies performed over 48 months, we reviewed the radiologic and histopathologic findings of ADH and compared the differences in imaging findings (mammography and breast US) and biopsy methods between the upgrade and non-upgrade groups. Results The incidence of ADH was 1.7% (169/9660). Of 112 resected cases and 30 cases followed-up for over 2 years, 35 were upgraded to carcinoma (24.6%, 35/142). The upgrade rates were significantly different according to biopsy methods: US-guided core needle biopsy (US-CNB) (40.7%, 22/54) vs. stereotactic-vacuum-assisted biopsy (S-VAB) (16.0%, 12/75) vs. US-guided VAB (US-VAB) (7.7%, 1/13) (p = 0.002). Multivariable analysis showed that only US-CNB (odds ratio = 5.19, 95% confidence interval: 2.16–13.95, p < 0.001) was an independent predictor for pathologic upgrade. There was no upgrade when a sonographic mass was biopsied by US-VAB (n = 7) Conclusion The incidence of ADH was relatively low (1.7%) and the upgrade rate was 24.6%. Surgical excision should be considered because of the considerable upgrade rate, except in the case of US-VAB.
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- Ko Woon Park
- Department of Radiology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Radiology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Radiology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Pathology and Translational Genomics, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Radiology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Radiology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Radiology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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Zhang C, Wang EY, Liu F, Ruhul Quddus M, James Sung C. Type of Architecture, Presence of Punctate Necrosis, and Extent of Involvement in Atypical Ductal Hyperplasia Can Predict the Diagnosis of Breast Carcinoma on Excision: A Clinicopathologic Study of 143 Cases. Int J Surg Pathol 2021; 29:716-721. [PMID: 33881947 DOI: 10.1177/10668969211010954] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The literature shows a wide range in the frequencies of finding breast carcinoma in the excised specimens following a biopsy diagnosis of atypical ductal hyperplasia (ADH), likely due to a poor diagnostic reproducibility among different pathologists as well as an inherent heterogeneity in ADH. We evaluated whether histologic subtyping of ADH would help predict the risk of breast carcinoma. Our study consisted of 143 cases of ADH diagnosed by core needle biopsy and followed by excision. Of these, 54 cases (37.8%) showed carcinoma in the excised specimens (47 cases of ductal carcinoma in situ alone, 3 cases of invasive ductal carcinoma alone, and 4 cases of mixed invasive ductal carcinoma and ductal carcinoma in situ). We arbitrarily divided ADH into two subtypes: type A was considered when one or more ducts were completely replaced by low-grade ductal carcinoma in situ type cells but the lesion was <2 mm and type B was considered when one or more ducts were partially involved by low-grade ductal carcinoma in situ type cells regardless of lesion size. Type A was associated with a significantly higher frequency of breast carcinoma (63.6%) than type B (30.0%). ADH containing punctate necrosis showed a higher association of carcinoma (66.7%) compared to those without necrosis (35.1%). Within type B ADH, involvement of 3 or more foci had a higher frequency of carcinoma (50.0%) than involvement of fewer foci (26.6%). These histologic features of ADH may prove useful in predicting the likelihood of breast carcinoma and provide helpful information for patient's management.
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- Cunxian Zhang
- Kent Hospital, Warwick, RI, USA.,22209Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island, Providence, RI, USA.,Warren Alpert Medical School, 6752Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
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- 22209Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island, Providence, RI, USA.,Now with Meditech, One Constitution Way, Foxborough, MA, USA
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- 22209Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island, Providence, RI, USA.,Warren Alpert Medical School, 6752Brown University, Providence, RI, USA.,Now with Saint Vincent Hospital, Worcester Medical Center, Worcester, MA, USA
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- 22209Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island, Providence, RI, USA.,Warren Alpert Medical School, 6752Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
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- 22209Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island, Providence, RI, USA.,Warren Alpert Medical School, 6752Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
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Toktaş O, Elasan S, İliklerden ÜH, Erten R, Karayil AR, Özdemir A, Aslan F, Binici S, Özalp İ, Şentürk E. Relationship Between Proliferative Breast Lesions and Breast Cancer Risk Factors. Eur J Breast Health 2020; 17:15-20. [PMID: 33796826 DOI: 10.4274/ejbh.2020.5713] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2020] [Accepted: 07/21/2020] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Objective The prognosis of breast cancer (BC) is determined directly based on the stage of disease at the time of diagnosis. Proliferative breast lesions (PBLs) are an important risk factor for BC development. The risk of developing BC varies according to the presence of extent of proliferation in the breast lesions. We aimed to investigate the effect of BC risk factors on the PBLs in this study. Materials and Methods Patients who visited the surgical clinic of the university during the past 6 years who presented with PBLs with or without atypia by fine/core needle aspiration biopsy were included in this study. The relationship between PBLs and BC risk factors such as the age, mass size, Body Mass index (BMI), smoking, sports activity, BC family history, the use of hormone replacement therapy, number of pregnancies, and the duration of breastfeeding were compared. Results A total of 74 (96.1%) of all patients were women and three were men. The median age of the patients was 38 (range: 19-74) years; the cut-off value of age was 35.5 years. The mean age of patients with PBL-with atypia (PBL-WA) was higher (p=0.005) in the malignant group based on the final pathology and radiological imaging features (for both, p<0.001). The mean size of the mass was large at 2.53±1.33 (1-6) cm; and the cut-off value of the tumor size was 2.5 cm. The mean size was greater in the PBL-WA patients (p=0.171) in the malignant group based on the final pathology and radiological characteristic (respectively, p=0.004 and p=0.016). The mean BMI was 26.8±4.4 kg/m2 (18.8-35.1) and the cut-off value was 25.4 kg/m2. BMI was greater in the PBL-WA group and in the malignant group based on the final pathology (respectively, p=0.002 and p=0.001). Smoking was positive in 66.2% (n=51) of the patients, and it was high in the PBL-WA patients (p=0.001). The percentage of patients with no sports activity was 63.6% (n=49), while it was 20.8% (n=16) for those with once a week sports activity and 15.6% (n=12) for those with twice a week activity. There was family history of BC in 16.9% (n=13) of all patients. The number of positive cases of family history of BC was greater in the malignant group (p=0.001). Hormone replacement therapy was recorded in 11.7% (n=9) of the patients. The mean numbers of pregnancies (2.1±2.4) and breastfeeding duration (32.5±37.4 months) were low in the benign groups due to the relatively lower average age of the patients. Conclusion Based on our analysis, age is an extremely important aspect for assessing PBLs. The age of the patient was statistically significantly greater in the patients with malignant lesions in all groups. The factors lesion size, BMI, smoking habit, and BC family history were also more frequent in the malignant groups. The rate of sports activity was lower in the malignant groups. Thus, it is necessary to evaluate patients individually when evaluating PBLs. It is recommended to evaluate PBLs together with BC risk factors for the better understanding.
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- Osman Toktaş
- Department of General Surgery, Van Yüzüncü Yıl University Faculty of Medicine, Van, Turkey
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- Department of Biostatistics, Van Yüzüncü Yıl University Faculty of Medicine, Van, Turkey
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- Department of General Surgery, Van Yüzüncü Yıl University Faculty of Medicine, Van, Turkey
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- Department of Pathology, Van Yüzüncü Yıl University Faculty of Medicine, Van, Turkey
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- Department of General Surgery, Van Yüzüncü Yıl University Faculty of Medicine, Van, Turkey
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- Department of General Surgery, Van Yüzüncü Yıl University Faculty of Medicine, Van, Turkey
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- Department of General Surgery, Van Yüzüncü Yıl University Faculty of Medicine, Van, Turkey
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- Department of General Surgery, Van Yüzüncü Yıl University Faculty of Medicine, Van, Turkey
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- Department of General Surgery, Van Yüzüncü Yıl University Faculty of Medicine, Van, Turkey
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- Department of General Surgery, Van Yüzüncü Yıl University Faculty of Medicine, Van, Turkey
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Schiaffino S, Calabrese M, Melani EF, Trimboli RM, Cozzi A, Carbonaro LA, Di Leo G, Sardanelli F. Upgrade Rate of Percutaneously Diagnosed Pure Atypical Ductal Hyperplasia: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of 6458 Lesions. Radiology 2019; 294:76-86. [PMID: 31660803 DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2019190748] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Background Management of percutaneously diagnosed pure atypical ductal hyperplasia (ADH) is an unresolved clinical issue. Purpose To calculate the pooled upgrade rate of percutaneously diagnosed pure ADH. Materials and Methods A search of MEDLINE and EMBASE databases was performed in October 2018. Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses, or PRISMA, guidelines were followed. A fixed- or random-effects model was used, along with subgroup and meta-regression analyses. The Newcastle-Ottawa scale was used for study quality, and the Egger test was used for publication bias. Results Of 521 articles, 93 were analyzed, providing data for 6458 ADHs (5911 were managed with surgical excision and 547 with follow-up). Twenty-four studies used core-needle biopsy; 44, vacuum-assisted biopsy; 21, both core-needle and vacuum-assisted biopsy; and four, unspecified techniques. Biopsy was performed with stereotactic guidance in 29 studies; with US guidance in nine, with MRI guidance in nine, and with mixed guidance in eight. Overall heterogeneity was high (I2 = 80%). Subgroup analysis according to management yielded a pooled upgrade rate of 29% (95% confidence interval [CI]: 26%, 32%) for surgically excised lesions and 5% (95% CI: 4%, 8%) for lesions managed with follow-up (P < .001). Heterogeneity was entirely associated with surgically excised lesions (I2 = 78%) rather than those managed with follow-up (I2 = 0%). Most variability was explained by guidance and needle caliper (P = .15). At subgroup analysis of surgically excised lesions, the pooled upgrade rate was 42% (95% CI: 31%, 53%) for US guidance, 23% (95% CI: 19%, 27%) for stereotactic biopsy, and 32% (95% CI: 22%, 43%) for MRI guidance, with heterogeneity (52%, 63%, and 56%, respectively) still showing the effect of needle caliper. When the authors considered patients with apparent complete lesion removal after biopsy (subgroups in 14 studies), the pooled upgrade rate was 14% (95% CI: 8%, 23%). Study quality was low to medium; the risk of publication bias was low (P = .10). Conclusion Because of a pooled upgrade rate higher than 2% (independent of biopsy technique, needle size, imaging guidance, and apparent complete lesion removal), atypical ductal hyperplasia diagnosed with percutaneous needle biopsy should be managed with surgical excision. © RSNA, 2019 Online supplemental material is available for this article. See also the editorial by Brem in this issue.
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- Simone Schiaffino
- From the Unit of Radiology, IRCCS Policlinico San Donato, San Donato Milanese, Italy (S.S., L.A.C., G.D.L., F.S.); Unit of Radiology, IRCCS Policlinico San Martino, Genoa, Italy (M.C.); Unit of Radiology, Ente Ospedaliero Ospedali Galliera, Genoa, Italy (E.F.M.); and Department of Biomedical Sciences for Health, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Mangiagalli 31, 20133 Milan, Italy (R.M.T., A.C., F.S.)
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- From the Unit of Radiology, IRCCS Policlinico San Donato, San Donato Milanese, Italy (S.S., L.A.C., G.D.L., F.S.); Unit of Radiology, IRCCS Policlinico San Martino, Genoa, Italy (M.C.); Unit of Radiology, Ente Ospedaliero Ospedali Galliera, Genoa, Italy (E.F.M.); and Department of Biomedical Sciences for Health, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Mangiagalli 31, 20133 Milan, Italy (R.M.T., A.C., F.S.)
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- From the Unit of Radiology, IRCCS Policlinico San Donato, San Donato Milanese, Italy (S.S., L.A.C., G.D.L., F.S.); Unit of Radiology, IRCCS Policlinico San Martino, Genoa, Italy (M.C.); Unit of Radiology, Ente Ospedaliero Ospedali Galliera, Genoa, Italy (E.F.M.); and Department of Biomedical Sciences for Health, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Mangiagalli 31, 20133 Milan, Italy (R.M.T., A.C., F.S.)
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- From the Unit of Radiology, IRCCS Policlinico San Donato, San Donato Milanese, Italy (S.S., L.A.C., G.D.L., F.S.); Unit of Radiology, IRCCS Policlinico San Martino, Genoa, Italy (M.C.); Unit of Radiology, Ente Ospedaliero Ospedali Galliera, Genoa, Italy (E.F.M.); and Department of Biomedical Sciences for Health, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Mangiagalli 31, 20133 Milan, Italy (R.M.T., A.C., F.S.)
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- From the Unit of Radiology, IRCCS Policlinico San Donato, San Donato Milanese, Italy (S.S., L.A.C., G.D.L., F.S.); Unit of Radiology, IRCCS Policlinico San Martino, Genoa, Italy (M.C.); Unit of Radiology, Ente Ospedaliero Ospedali Galliera, Genoa, Italy (E.F.M.); and Department of Biomedical Sciences for Health, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Mangiagalli 31, 20133 Milan, Italy (R.M.T., A.C., F.S.)
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- From the Unit of Radiology, IRCCS Policlinico San Donato, San Donato Milanese, Italy (S.S., L.A.C., G.D.L., F.S.); Unit of Radiology, IRCCS Policlinico San Martino, Genoa, Italy (M.C.); Unit of Radiology, Ente Ospedaliero Ospedali Galliera, Genoa, Italy (E.F.M.); and Department of Biomedical Sciences for Health, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Mangiagalli 31, 20133 Milan, Italy (R.M.T., A.C., F.S.)
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- From the Unit of Radiology, IRCCS Policlinico San Donato, San Donato Milanese, Italy (S.S., L.A.C., G.D.L., F.S.); Unit of Radiology, IRCCS Policlinico San Martino, Genoa, Italy (M.C.); Unit of Radiology, Ente Ospedaliero Ospedali Galliera, Genoa, Italy (E.F.M.); and Department of Biomedical Sciences for Health, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Mangiagalli 31, 20133 Milan, Italy (R.M.T., A.C., F.S.)
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- From the Unit of Radiology, IRCCS Policlinico San Donato, San Donato Milanese, Italy (S.S., L.A.C., G.D.L., F.S.); Unit of Radiology, IRCCS Policlinico San Martino, Genoa, Italy (M.C.); Unit of Radiology, Ente Ospedaliero Ospedali Galliera, Genoa, Italy (E.F.M.); and Department of Biomedical Sciences for Health, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Mangiagalli 31, 20133 Milan, Italy (R.M.T., A.C., F.S.)
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Rosa M, Agosto-Arroyo E. Core needle biopsy of benign, borderline and in-situ problematic lesions of the breast: Diagnosis, differential diagnosis and immunohistochemistry. Ann Diagn Pathol 2019; 43:151407. [PMID: 31634810 DOI: 10.1016/j.anndiagpath.2019.151407] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2019] [Revised: 08/22/2019] [Accepted: 09/02/2019] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Core needle biopsy (CNB) is the most common sampling technique for the histologic evaluation of breast abnormalities. Diagnosing benign proliferative, borderline and some in-situ lesions in CNB is challenging and subject to a significant degree of interobserver variability. In addition, due to the inherent limitations of CNB, "upgrading" to a more significant pathology at excision is an important consideration for some lesions. Pathologists carry a major responsibility in patient diagnosis, risk stratification and management. Familiarity with the histologic features and the clinical significance of these common and problematic lesions encountered in CNB is necessary for adequate treatment and patient follow-up. This review will focus on benign, atypical and in-situ epithelial proliferations, papillary lesions, radial sclerosing lesions, adenosis and cellular fibroepithelial lesions. Highlights of histologic features, useful strategies for accurate diagnosis, basic immunohistochemistry and management will be presented.
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- Marilin Rosa
- Department of Anatomic Pathology, Moffitt Cancer Center, 12902 Magnolia Drive, Tampa, FL 33612, United States of America.
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- Department of Anatomic Pathology, Moffitt Cancer Center, 12902 Magnolia Drive, Tampa, FL 33612, United States of America.
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Chen LY, Hu J, Tsang JYS, Lee MA, Ni YB, Chan SK, Tse GMK. Diagnostic upgrade of atypical ductal hyperplasia of the breast based on evaluation of histopathological features and calcification on core needle biopsy. Histopathology 2019; 75:320-328. [PMID: 31013355 DOI: 10.1111/his.13881] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2019] [Revised: 03/27/2019] [Accepted: 04/19/2019] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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AIMS Atypical ductal hyperplasia (ADH) of breast is increasingly diagnosed in core needle biopsy (CNB). As higher-grade lesions were found in the excision in a substantial proportion of ADH on CNB, factors predicting risk of subsequent upgrade are clinically significant. This study aims to investigate relevant histopathological factors in CNB that could predict diagnostic upgrade at excision. METHODS AND RESULTS One hundred and forty-three cases of CNB with paired subsequent excision were evaluated for multiple clinicopathological parameters related to CNB sampling, ADH morphology, calcification and other co-existing histological features, and which of these parameters were associated with diagnostic upgrade at subsequent excisions were determined. Forty-eight cases (34.3%) were upgraded to malignancy, including 15 invasive cancers and 33 ductal carcinomas in situ (DCIS). An increased tissue area occupied by ADH (P = 0.026), a higher number of ADH foci (P = 0.004), the presence of solid pattern (P = 0.037) and older age (P = 0.012) were positively associated with upgrade, while negative associations were found with the presence of micropapillary pattern (P = 0.025), co-existing columnar cell lesions (CCL) (P = 0.001) and the presence of calcifications (P = 0.009). Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that the number of ADH foci (HR = 2.810, P = 0.013) was an independent positive predictor, while co-existing CCL (HR = 0.391, P = 0.013) was an independent negative predictor for upgrade. CONCLUSIONS Patients with ADH in CNB showing the presence of co-existing CCL and a lower number of ADH foci have a lower risk of disease upgrade at excision, and are potential candidates for observation-only management.
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- Lin-Ying Chen
- Department of Pathology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, Fujian, China
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- Department of Pathology, Shenzhen People's Hospital, Shenzhen, China
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- Department of Anatomical and Cellular Pathology, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Anatomical and Cellular Pathology, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Anatomical and Cellular Pathology, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Pathology, Kwong Wah Hospital, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Anatomical and Cellular Pathology, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong, China
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Radiologic and Pathologic Features Associated With Upgrade of Atypical Ductal Hyperplasia at Surgical Excision. Acad Radiol 2019; 26:893-899. [PMID: 30318287 DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2018.09.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2018] [Revised: 09/07/2018] [Accepted: 09/12/2018] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES To evaluate radiologic and pathologic features associated with upgrade of atypical ductal hyperplasia (ADH) to ductal carcinoma in situ or invasive breast cancer at surgical excision, in order to identify patients who may consider alternatives to excision. MATERIALS AND METHODS This retrospective analysis examined patients who underwent surgical excision of biopsy-proven ADH at our institution. Imaging and pathology from biopsy were reviewed to determine radiologic (lesion size, radiologic abnormality, biopsy type, needle gauge, number of cores, percent of lesion removed) and pathologic features (histologic calcifications, presence of necrosis, micropapillary features, extent of ADH) associated with ADH upgrade. RESULTS One hundred twenty four cases of percutaneous biopsy-proven ADH with subsequent excision were included. The overall upgrade rate was 17.7% (n = 22), with 17 cases to ductal carcinoma in situ and five to invasive cancer. Radiologic features associated with a lower upgrade rate were smaller lesion size (p = 0.032) and larger percent of lesion removed at biopsy (p = 0.047). Larger needle gauge at biopsy (p = 0.070), absence of necrosis (p = 0.051) and focal ADH (<3 foci, p = 0.12) were nearly associated with a lower rate of upgrade and were included for the purpose of multi parameter analyses. CONCLUSION For women with ADH identified on percutaneous biopsy, the risk of upgrade may in part be determined by lesion size, percent of lesion removed at biopsy, presence of necrosis, and extent of ADH. Using a combination of these radiographic and pathologic features to stratify patients with biopsy-proven ADH may help identify women who could be considered for alternative treatment options.
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De Matheo LL, Geremia J, Calas MJG, Costa-Júnior JFS, da Silva FFF, von Krüger MA, Pereira WCDA. PVCP-based anthropomorphic breast phantoms containing structures similar to lactiferous ducts for ultrasound imaging: A comparison with human breasts. ULTRASONICS 2018; 90:144-152. [PMID: 29966842 DOI: 10.1016/j.ultras.2018.06.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2017] [Revised: 06/04/2018] [Accepted: 06/22/2018] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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The purpose of this work was to obtain an anthropomorphic phantom with acoustic properties similar to those of breast tissue, possessing lactiferous duct-like structures, which would be a first for this type of phantom. Breast lesions usually grow in glandular tissues or lactiferous ducts. Shape variations in these structures are detectable by using ultrasound imaging. To increase early diagnosis, it is important to develop computer-aided diagnosis (CAD) systems and improve medical training. Using tissue-like materials that mimic known internal structures can help achieve both of these goals. However, most breast ultrasound phantoms described in the literature emulate only fat tissues and lesion-like masses. In addition, commercially available phantoms claim to be realistic, but do not contain lactiferous duct structures. In this work, we collected reference images from both breasts of ten healthy female volunteers aged between 20 and 30 years using a 10 MHz linear transducer of a B-mode medical ultrasound system. Histograms of the grey scale distribution of each tissue component of interest, the grey level means, and standard deviations of the regions of interest were obtained. Phantoms were produced using polyvinyl chloride plastisol (PVCP) suspensions. The lactiferous duct-like structures were prepared using pure PVCP. Solid scatterers, such as alumina (mesh #100) and graphite powders (mesh #140) were added to the phantom matrix to mimic glandular and fat tissue, respectively. The phantom duct-like structure diameters observed on B-mode images (1.92 mm ± 0.44) were similar to real measures obtained with a micrometer (2.08 mm ± 0.23). The phantom ducts are easy to produce and are largely stable for at least one year. This phantom allows the researchers to elaborate the structure at their will and may be used in training and as a reference for development of CAD systems.
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- Lucas Lobianco De Matheo
- Programa de Engenharia Biomédica, COPPE, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil; Biomedical Engineering Program, COPPE, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
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- Programa de Engenharia Biomédica, COPPE, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil; Biomedical Engineering Program, COPPE, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- Programa de Engenharia Biomédica, COPPE, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil; Biomedical Engineering Program, COPPE, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- Programa de Engenharia Biomédica, COPPE, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil; Biomedical Engineering Program, COPPE, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- Programa de Engenharia Biomédica, COPPE, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil; Biomedical Engineering Program, COPPE, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- Programa de Engenharia Biomédica, COPPE, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil; Biomedical Engineering Program, COPPE, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- Programa de Engenharia Biomédica, COPPE, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil; Biomedical Engineering Program, COPPE, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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Hodorowicz-Zaniewska D, Brzuszkiewicz K, Szpor J, Kibil W, Matyja A, Dyląg-Trojanowska K, Richter P, Szczepanik AM. Clinical predictors of malignancy in patients diagnosed with atypical ductal hyperplasia on vacuum-assisted core needle biopsy. Wideochir Inne Tech Maloinwazyjne 2018; 13:184-191. [PMID: 30002750 PMCID: PMC6041585 DOI: 10.5114/wiitm.2018.73528] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2017] [Accepted: 11/13/2017] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION Atypical ductal hyperplasia (ADH) is a benign lesion, which due to the risk of coexisting cancer is classified as a lesion of uncertain malignant potential. AIM To identify clinical predictors of cancer underestimation in patients with ADH diagnosed after vacuum-assisted breast biopsy (VABB). MATERIAL AND METHODS Between 2001 and 2016, a total of 3804 vacuum-assisted core needle biopsies were performed at the First Chair of General Surgery of the Jagiellonian University Medical College in Krakow, including 2907 ultrasound (US)-guided biopsies and 897 digital stereotactic procedures. Seventy-six women were diagnosed with ADH and 72 of them underwent subsequent surgical excision. Demographic factors, medical history, family history, clinical symptoms, type and size of lesion determined in imaging scans, size of biopsy needle, and presence of coexisting lesions in VABB specimens were analysed as potential predictors of malignancy underestimation. RESULTS Underestimation of breast carcinoma occurred in 21 (29.2%) patients. The upgrade rate was significantly higher only in patients with a lesion visible both in mammography (MMG) and US examinations and combined BIRADS-5. CONCLUSIONS Vacuum-assisted core needle biopsy is a minimally invasive technique used in diagnosing ADH. As the risk of breast malignancy underestimation is relatively high, open surgical biopsy remains the recommended procedure, especially in patients with lesions detected both in mammography and US examination. As we could not identify the factors that preclude cancer underestimation, all the women diagnosed with ADH should be informed about the risk of cancer underestimation.
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- Diana Hodorowicz-Zaniewska
- First Chair of General Surgery, Department of General, Oncological and Gastroenterological Surgery, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland
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- First Chair of General Surgery, Department of General, Oncological and Gastroenterological Surgery, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland
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- Chair of Pathomorphology, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland
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- First Chair of General Surgery, Department of General, Oncological and Gastroenterological Surgery, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland
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- First Chair of General Surgery, Department of General, Oncological and Gastroenterological Surgery, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland
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- First Chair of General Surgery, Department of General, Oncological and Gastroenterological Surgery, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland
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- First Chair of General Surgery, Department of General, Oncological and Gastroenterological Surgery, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland
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Schiaffino S, Massone E, Gristina L, Fregatti P, Rescinito G, Villa A, Friedman D, Calabrese M. Vacuum assisted breast biopsy (VAB) excision of subcentimeter microcalcifications as an alternative to open biopsy for atypical ductal hyperplasia. Br J Radiol 2018; 91:20180003. [PMID: 29451396 DOI: 10.1259/bjr.20180003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE Atypical ductal hyperplasia (ADH) is a proliferative lesion associated with a variable increased risk of breast malignancy, but the management of the patients is still not completely defined, with mandatory surgical excision in most cases. To report the results of the conservative management with mammographic checks of patients with ADH diagnosed by vacuum assisted breast biopsy (VAB), without residual calcifications. METHODS The authors accessed the institutional database of radiological, surgical and pathological anatomy. Inclusion criteria were: ADH diagnosed by VAB on a single group of microcalcifications, without residual post-procedure; follow-up at least of 12 months. Exclusion criteria were the presence of personal history of breast cancer or other high-risk lesions; association with other synchronous lesions, both more and less advanced proliferative lesions. RESULTS The 65 included patients were all females, with age range of 40-79 years (mean 54 years). The maximum diameter range of the groups of microcalcifications was 4-11 mm (mean 6.2 mm), all classified as BI-RADS 4b (Breast Imaging Reporting and Data System 4b) and defined as fine pleomorphic in 29 cases (45%) or amorphous in 36 cases (55%). The range of follow-up length was 12-156 months (mean 67 months). Only one patients developed new microcalcifications, in the same breast, 48 months after and 15 mm from the first VAB, interpreted as low-grade ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) at surgical excision. CONCLUSION These results could justify the conservative management, in a selected group of patients, being the malignancy rate lower than 2%, considered in the literature as the "probably benign" definition. Advances in knowledge: Increasing the length of follow-up of selected patients conservatively managed can improve the management of ADH cases.
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- 1 Department of Radiology, University of Genoa , Genoa , Italy
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- 1 Department of Radiology, University of Genoa , Genoa , Italy
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- 2 Department of Surgery, Policlinico San Martino , Genoa , Italy
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- 4 Department of Radiology, Ospedale San Bartolomeo , Sarzana , Italy
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- 2 Department of Surgery, Policlinico San Martino , Genoa , Italy
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- 1 Department of Radiology, University of Genoa , Genoa , Italy.,3 Department of Radiology, Policlinico San Martino , Genoa , Italy
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East EG, Zhao L, Pang JC, Jorns JM. Characteristics of a Breast Pathology Consultation Practice. Arch Pathol Lab Med 2017; 141:578-584. [PMID: 28353380 DOI: 10.5858/arpa.2016-0371-oa] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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CONTEXT - Intradepartmental consultation is a routine practice commonly used for new diagnoses. Expert interinstitutional case review provides insight into particularly challenging cases. OBJECTIVE - To investigate the practice of breast pathology consultation at a large tertiary care center. DESIGN - We reviewed breast pathology cases sent for private consultation and internal cases reviewed by multiple pathologists at a tertiary center. Requisitions and reports were evaluated for diagnostic reason for consultation, rate of multiple pathologist review at the tertiary center, use of immunohistochemistry, and, for private consultation cases, type of sender and concordance with the outside diagnosis. RESULTS - In the 985 private consultation cases, the most frequent reasons for review were borderline atypia (292 of 878; 33.3%), papillary lesion classification (151 of 878; 17.2%), evaluating invasion (123 of 878; 14%), subtyping carcinoma (75 of 878; 8.5%), and spindle cell (67 of 878; 7.6%) and fibroepithelial (65 of 878; 7.4%) lesion classification. Of 4981 consecutive internal cases, 358 (7.2%) were reviewed, most frequently for borderline atypia (90 of 358; 25.1%), subtyping carcinoma (63 of 358; 17.6%), staging/prognostic features (59 of 358; 16.5%), fibroepithelial lesion classification (45 of 358; 12.6%), evaluating invasion (37 of 358; 10.3%), and papillary (20 of 358; 5.6%) and spindle cell (18 of 358; 5.0%) lesion classification. Of all internal cases, those with a final diagnosis of atypia had a significantly higher rate of review (58 of 241; 24.1%) than those with benign (119 of 2933; 4.1%) or carcinoma (182 of 1807; 10.1%) diagnoses. Immunohistochemistry aided in diagnosis of 39.7% (391 of 985) and 21.2% (76 of 359) of consultation and internally reviewed cases, respectively. CONCLUSIONS - This study confirms areas of breast pathology that represent diagnostic challenge and supports that pathologists are appropriately using expert consultation.
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- From the Departments of Pathology (Drs East, Pang, and Jorns) and Biostatistics (Dr Zhao), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
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Fu SW, Lee W, Coffey C, Lean A, Wu X, Tan X, Man YG, Brem RF. miRNAs as potential biomarkers in early breast cancer detection following mammography. Cell Biosci 2016; 6:6. [PMID: 26819702 PMCID: PMC4729139 DOI: 10.1186/s13578-016-0071-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2015] [Accepted: 01/17/2016] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Breast cancer is the most common cancer among American women, except for skin cancers. About 12 % women in the United States will develop invasive breast cancer during their lifetime. Currently one of the most accepted model/theories is that ductal breast cancer (most common type of breast cancer) follows a linear progression: from normal breast epithelial cells to ductal hyperplasia to atypical ductal hyperplasia (ADH) to ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), and finally to invasive ductal carcinoma (IDC). Distinguishing pure ADH diagnosis from DCIS and/or IDC on mammography, and even combined with follow-up core needle biopsy (CNB) is still a challenge. Therefore subsequent surgical excision cannot be avoided to make a definitive diagnosis. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are a highly abundant class of endogenous non-coding RNAs, which contribute to cancer initiation and progression, and are differentially expressed between normal and cancer tissues. They can function as either tumor suppressors or oncogenes. With accumulating evidence of the role of miRNAs in breast cancer progression, including our own studies, we sought to summarize the nature of early breast lesions and the potential use of miRNA molecules as biomarkers in early breast cancer detection. In particular, miRNA biomarkers may potentially serve as a companion tool following mammography screening and CNB. In the long-term, a better understanding of the molecular mechanisms underlying the miRNA signatures associated with breast cancer development could potentially result in the development of novel strategies for disease prevention and therapy.
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- Sidney W Fu
- Department of Medicine (Division of Genomic Medicine), and Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Tropical Medicine, The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, 2300 Eye Street, N.W. Ross Hall 402C, Washington, DC 20037 USA
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- Department of Medicine (Division of Genomic Medicine), and Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Tropical Medicine, The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, 2300 Eye Street, N.W. Ross Hall 402C, Washington, DC 20037 USA
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- Department of Medicine (Division of Genomic Medicine), and Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Tropical Medicine, The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, 2300 Eye Street, N.W. Ross Hall 402C, Washington, DC 20037 USA
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- Department of Medicine (Division of Genomic Medicine), and Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Tropical Medicine, The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, 2300 Eye Street, N.W. Ross Hall 402C, Washington, DC 20037 USA
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- Department of Medicine (Division of Genomic Medicine), and Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Tropical Medicine, The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, 2300 Eye Street, N.W. Ross Hall 402C, Washington, DC 20037 USA ; Department of Gastroenterology, Chengdu Military General Hospital, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Medicine (Division of Genomic Medicine), and Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Tropical Medicine, The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, 2300 Eye Street, N.W. Ross Hall 402C, Washington, DC 20037 USA
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- Research Lab and International Collaboration, Bon Secours Cancer Institute, Bon Secours Health System, 5801 Bremo Road, Richmond, VA 23226 USA
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- Department of Radiology, The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC USA
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Renshaw AA, Gould EW. Long term clinical follow-up of atypical ductal hyperplasia and lobular carcinoma in situ in breast core needle biopsies. Pathology 2015; 48:25-9. [PMID: 27020205 DOI: 10.1016/j.pathol.2015.11.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2015] [Revised: 09/01/2015] [Accepted: 09/06/2015] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Atypical ductal hyperplasia (ADH) and lobular carcinoma in situ (LCIS) may be associated with a relatively high incidence of invasive carcinoma and ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) on immediate excision when found on core needle biopsy of the breast. However, the long term significance of ADH and LCIS in a breast core needle biopsy is not as well characterised. We reviewed the results of all breast core needle biopsies with a diagnosis of ADH or LCIS and immediate excision from the years 2000-2004, and correlated the results with long term clinical follow-up. Of 175 biopsies with ADH, 53 (30.3%) had carcinoma (8 invasive, and 45 DCIS) at the time of immediate re-excision. Of 69 biopsies with LCIS, three (4.3%) had carcinoma (2 invasive, and 1 DCIS) at the time of immediate re-excision. A total of 14 (11.5%) patients with ADH and benign re-excisions developed invasive carcinoma (12) or DCIS (2) on follow-up. A total of 17 (25.8%) patients with LCIS and benign re-excisions developed invasive carcinoma (13) or DCIS (4) on follow-up. The risk of invasive carcinoma or DCIS on immediate re-excision was significantly higher for women with ADH than LCIS (p<0.001). Women with LCIS developed significantly more invasive carcinomas and DCIS than women with ADH on long term follow-up (p=0.01). Compared to women with fibrocystic changes (FCC) on core needle biopsy, the risk of developing invasive carcinoma or DCIS was significantly higher for women with ADH and benign initial re-excisions (95% CI 1.092-7.297, p=0.03), and women with LCIS and benign re-excisions (95% CI 3.028-18.657, p<0.001). Overall, 67/175 (38.3%) women with ADH and 20/69 (29.0%) women with LCIS on core needle biopsy either had carcinoma at the time of the biopsy or later developed carcinoma. Significantly more women with LCIS developed invasive carcinoma or DCIS than women with ADH on long term follow-up. The relative risk for ADH and LCIS on core biopsy with a negative excision compared with FCC was similar to that reported in the literature (ADH 1-7×, LCIS 3-19×).
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- Andrew A Renshaw
- Department of Pathology, Baptist Hospital of Miami, Miami, FL, United States.
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- Department of Pathology, Baptist Hospital of Miami, Miami, FL, United States
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[Benign proliferative breast disease with and without atypia]. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2015; 44:980-95. [PMID: 26545856 DOI: 10.1016/j.jgyn.2015.09.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2015] [Accepted: 09/18/2015] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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In the last few years, diagnostics of high-risk breast lesions (atypical ductal hyperplasia [ADH], flat epithelial atypia [FEA], lobular neoplasia: atypical lobular hyperplasia [ALH], lobular carcinoma in situ [LCIS], radial scar [RS], usual ductal hyperplasia [UDH], adenosis, sclerosing adenosis [SA], papillary breast lesions, mucocele-like lesion [MLL]) have increased with the growing number of breast percutaneous biopsies. The management of these lesions is highly conditioned by the enlarged risk of breast cancer combined with either an increased probability of finding cancer after surgery, either a possible malignant transformation (in situ or invasive cancer), or an increased probability of developing cancer on the long range. An overview of the literature reports grade C recommendations concerning the management and follow-up of these lesions: in case of ADH, FEA, ALH, LCIS, RS, MLL with atypia, diagnosed on percutaneous biopsies: surgical excision is recommended; in case of a diagnostic based on vacuum-assisted core biopsy with complete disappearance of radiological signal for FEA or RS without atypia: surgical abstention is a valid alternative approved by multidisciplinary meeting. In case of ALH (incidental finding) associated with benign lesion responsible of radiological signal: abstention may be proposed; in case of UDH, adenosis, MLL without atypia, diagnosed on percutaneous biopsies: the concordance of radiology and histopathology findings must be ensured. No data is available to recommend surgery; in case of non-in sano resection for ADH, FEA, ALH, LCIS (except pleomorphic type), RS, MLL: surgery does not seem to be necessary; in case of previous ADH, ALH, LCIS: a specific follow-up is recommended in accordance with HAS's recommendations. In case of FEA and RS or MLL combined with atypia, little data are yet available to differ the management from others lesions with atypia; in case of UDH, usual sclerosing adenosis, RS without atypia, fibro cystic disease: no specific follow-up is recommended in agreement with HAS's recommendations.
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Caplain A, Drouet Y, Peyron M, Peix M, Faure C, Chassagne-Clément C, Beurrier F, Fondrevelle ME, Guérin N, Lasset C, Treilleux I. Management of patients diagnosed with atypical ductal hyperplasia by vacuum-assisted core biopsy: a prospective assessment of the guidelines used at our institution. Am J Surg 2014; 208:260-7. [DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2013.10.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2013] [Revised: 10/02/2013] [Accepted: 10/22/2013] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Atypical ductal hyperplasia diagnosed at sonographically guided core needle biopsy: frequency, final surgical outcome, and factors associated with underestimation. AJR Am J Roentgenol 2014; 202:1389-94. [PMID: 24848840 DOI: 10.2214/ajr.13.10864] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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OBJECTIVE The purposes of this article were to review the mammographic and sonographic features of breast masses yielding atypical ductal hyperplasia (ADH) at sonographically guided biopsy, evaluate the surgical pathology outcome of these lesions, and determine whether clinical or imaging features can be used to predict upgrade to malignancy. MATERIALS AND METHODS Among 6325 sonographically guided biopsies (2003- 2010) (14-gauge cores), 56 yielded the diagnosis of ADH (0.9%). Six patients were excluded (lost to follow-up). Fifty lesions were surgically excised in 45 patients. Mammographic and sonographic features were analyzed in consensus by two radiologists using the BI-RADS lexicon. RESULTS Forty-five patients (mean age, 56 years; 12 < 50 years; six with synchronous breast carcinoma) had 50 ADH lesions (median size, 0.6 cm). Surgical excision yielded malignancy in 28 cases (56% underestimation rate). Among 42 mammograms (47 lesions), 30 lesions were identified (30/47, 64%) as masses (12/30, 40%), asymmetric densities (10/30, 33%), microcalcifications (4/30, 13%), and architectural distortions (4/30, 13%). Sonographically, most lesions appeared as hypoechoic masses (64%, 30/47) with irregular shape (51%, 24/47), microlobulated margins (49%, 23/47), no posterior acoustic feature (25/47, 53%), abrupt interface (70%, 33/47), and parallel orientation (57%, 27/47). No mammographic and sonographic features were associated with malignant outcome, whereas age less than 50 years (p = 0.03) and synchronous malignancy (p = 0.03) were associated with malignant outcome. CONCLUSION ADH diagnosed at sonographically guided 14-gauge core needle biopsy shows a high underestimation rate. Synchronous carcinoma or age less than 50 years is associated with malignant outcome.
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Advances in methods used to diagnose breast cancer have resulted in the increased detection of ductal carcinoma in situ; most of these are detected by screening mammograms and are confirmed by core needle biopsy. Currently, classification schemas are moving toward a molecular approach. Treatment options for patients with ductal carcinoma in situ are multiple and take into consideration end points such as local, regional or distant recurrence, overall survival and quality of life. Treatment methods continue to be controversial and debated in the oncology community. The quality of local control is multifactorial and depends on adequate surgical clearance, biological characteristics of the tumor, clinical presentation and the possibility of radiation therapies.
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- Shivani Duggal
- National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project (NSABP), Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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Lee JJ, Lee HJ, Kang J, Jo JH, Gong G. The ratio of atypical ductal hyperplasia foci to core numbers in needle biopsy: a practical index predicting breast cancer in subsequent excision. KOREAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY 2012; 46:15-21. [PMID: 23109973 PMCID: PMC3479699 DOI: 10.4132/koreanjpathol.2012.46.1.15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2011] [Revised: 09/08/2011] [Accepted: 10/07/2011] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Background Although core needle biopsy (CNB) is considered to be the standard technique for histological diagnosis of breast lesions, it is less reliable for diagnosing atypical ductal hyperplasia (ADH). We therefore assessed the characteristics of CNB-diagnosed ADH that are more likely to be associated with more advanced lesions on subsequent surgical excision. Methods We retrospectively examined 239 consecutive CNBs, 127 of which were diagnosed as ADH following surgical excision, performed at Asan Medical Center between 1995 and 2010. Archival slides were analyzed for the number of cores per specimen, the number of ADH foci, and the ratio of ADH foci to number of cores (FC ratio). Results We found that ADH foci in 3 or more cores (p=0.003) and the presence of ADH in 3 or more foci (p=0.002) were correlated with malignancy following excision lesion. Moreover, an FC>1.1 was significantly associated with malignancy in the subsequent excision (p=0.000). Conclusions Including the number of ADH foci, the number of cores involved according to ADH, FC ratio, and histologic type in a pathology report of CNB may help in making clinical decisions about surgical excision.
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- Jeong-Ju Lee
- Department of Pathology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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de Mascarel I, Brouste V, Asad-Syed M, Hurtevent G, Macgrogan G. All atypia diagnosed at stereotactic vacuum-assisted breast biopsy do not need surgical excision. Mod Pathol 2011; 24:1198-206. [PMID: 21602816 DOI: 10.1038/modpathol.2011.73] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The necessity of excision is debatable when atypia are diagnosed at stereotactic vacuum-assisted breast biopsy (microbiopsy). Among the 287 surgical excisions performed at Institut Bergonié from 1999 to 2009, we selected a case-control study group of 151 excisions; 52 involving all the diagnosed cancers and 99 randomly selected among the 235 excisions without cancer, following atypical microbiopsy (24 flat epithelial atypia; 50 atypical ductal hyperplasia; 14 lobular neoplasia; 63 mixed lesions). Mammographical calcification (type, extension, complete removal) and histological criteria of epithelial atypia (type, number of foci, size/extension), topography and microcalcification extension at microbiopsy were compared according to the presence or absence of cancer at excision. Factors associated with cancer at excision were Breast Imaging Reporting and Data System (BI-RADS5) lesions, large and/or multiple foci of mammographical calcifications, histological type, number, size and extension of atypical foci. Flat epithelial atypia alone was never associated with cancer at excision. BI-RADS5, atypical ductal hyperplasia (alone or predominant) and >3 foci of atypia were identified as independent pejorative factors. There was never any cancer at excision when these pejorative factors were absent (n=31). Presence of one (n=59), two (n=23) or three (n=14) factors was associated with cancer in 24, 15 and 13 cases with an odds ratio=5.8 (95% CI: 3-11.2) for each additional factor. We recommend that mammographical data and histological characteristics be taken into account in the decision-making process after diagnosis of atypia on microbiopsy. With experienced senologists and strict histological criteria, some patients could be spared surgery resulting in significant patient, financial and time advantages.
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Nguyen CV, Albarracin CT, Whitman GJ, Lopez A, Sneige N. Atypical Ductal Hyperplasia in Directional Vacuum-Assisted Biopsy of Breast Microcalcifications: Considerations for Surgical Excision. Ann Surg Oncol 2010; 18:752-61. [DOI: 10.1245/s10434-010-1127-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2010] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Kuo YL, Chang TW. Can concurrent core biopsy and fine needle aspiration biopsy improve the false negative rate of sonographically detectable breast lesions? BMC Cancer 2010; 10:371. [PMID: 20637074 PMCID: PMC2914704 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2407-10-371] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2010] [Accepted: 07/16/2010] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Background The aims of this study were to determine the accuracy of concurrent core needle biopsy (CNB) and fine needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) for breast lesions and to estimate the false-negative rate using the two methods combined. Methods Over a seven-year period, 2053 patients with sonographically detectable breast lesions underwent concurrent ultrasound-guided CNB and FNAB. The sonographic and histopathological findings were classified into four categories: benign, indeterminate, suspicious, and malignant. The histopathological findings were compared with the definitive excision pathology results. Patients with benign core biopsies underwent a detailed review to determine the false-negative rate. The correlations between the ultrasonography, FNAB, and CNB were determined. Results Eight hundred eighty patients were diagnosed with malignant disease, and of these, 23 (2.5%) diagnoses were found to be false-negative after core biopsy. After an intensive review of discordant FNAB results, the final false-negative rate was reduced to 1.1% (p-value = 0.025). The kappa coefficients for correlations between methods were 0.304 (p-value < 0.0001) for ultrasound and FNAB, 0.254 (p-value < 0.0001) for ultrasound and CNB, and 0.726 (p-value < 0.0001) for FNAB and CNB. Conclusions Concurrent CNB and FNAB under ultrasound guidance can provide accurate preoperative diagnosis of breast lesions and provide important information for appropriate treatment. Identification of discordant results using careful radiological-histopathological correlation can reduce the false-negative rate.
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- Yao-Lung Kuo
- Department of Surgery, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan and Dou-Liou Branch, Taiwan
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Noske A, Pahl S, Fallenberg E, Richter-Ehrenstein C, Buckendahl AC, Weichert W, Schneider A, Dietel M, Denkert C. Flat epithelial atypia is a common subtype of B3 breast lesions and is associated with noninvasive cancer but not with invasive cancer in final excision histology. Hum Pathol 2010; 41:522-7. [DOI: 10.1016/j.humpath.2009.09.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2009] [Revised: 09/11/2009] [Accepted: 09/11/2009] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Koo JS, Kim MJ, Kim EK, Jung W. Factors in the Breast Core Needle Biopsies of Atypical Ductal Hyperplasia that Can Predict Carcinoma in the Subsequent Surgical Excision Specimens. J Breast Cancer 2010. [DOI: 10.4048/jbc.2010.13.2.132] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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- Department of Pathology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Pathology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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Chae BJ, Lee A, Song BJ, Jung SS. Predictive factors for breast cancer in patients diagnosed atypical ductal hyperplasia at core needle biopsy. World J Surg Oncol 2009; 7:77. [PMID: 19852801 PMCID: PMC2771003 DOI: 10.1186/1477-7819-7-77] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2009] [Accepted: 10/23/2009] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Percutaneous core needle biopsy (CNB) is considered to be the standard technique for histological diagnosis of breast lesions. But, it is less reliable for diagnosing atypical ductal hyperplasia (ADH). The purpose of the present study was to predict, based on clinical and radiological findings, which cases of ADH diagnosed by CNB would be more likely to be associated with a more advanced lesion on subsequent surgical excision. METHODS Between February 2002 and December 2007, consecutive ultrasound-guided CNBs were performed on suspicious breast lesions at Seoul St. Mary's Hospital. A total of 69 CNBs led to a diagnosis of ADH, and 45 patients underwent follow-up surgical excision. We reviewed the medical records and analyses retrospectively. RESULTS Sixty-nine patients were diagnosed with ADH at CNB. Of these patients, 45 underwent surgical excision and 10 (22.2%) were subsequently diagnosed with a malignancy (ductal carcinoma in situ, n = 8; invasive cancer, n = 2). Univariate analysis revealed age (>or= 50-years) at the time of core needle biopsy (p = 0.006), size (> 10 mm) on imaging (p = 0.033), and combined mass with microcalcification on sonography (p = 0.029) to be associated with underestimation. When those three factors were included in multivariate analysis, only age (p = 0.035, HR 6.201, 95% CI 1.135-33.891) was an independent predictor of malignancy. CONCLUSION Age (>or= 50) at the time of biopsy is an independent predictive factor for breast cancer at surgical excision in patients with diagnosed ADH at CNB. For patients diagnosed with ADH at CNB, only complete surgical excision is the suitable treatment option, because we could not find any combination of factors that can safely predict the absence of DCIS or invasive cancer in a case of ADH.
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- Byung Joo Chae
- Department of Surgery, Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea.
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Ling H, Liu GY, Lu JS, Love S, Zhang JX, Xu XL, Xu WP, Shen KW, Shen ZZ, Shao ZM. Fiberoptic Ductoscopy-Guided Intraductal Biopsy Improve the Diagnosis of Nipple Discharge. Breast J 2009; 15:168-75. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4741.2009.00692.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Manfrin E, Mariotto R, Remo A, Reghellin D, Falsirollo F, Dalfior D, Bricolo P, Piazzola E, Bonetti F. Benign breast lesions at risk of developing cancer-A challenging problem in breast cancer screening programs. Cancer 2009; 115:499-507. [DOI: 10.1002/cncr.24038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Wagoner MJ, Laronga C, Acs G. Extent and histologic pattern of atypical ductal hyperplasia present on core needle biopsy specimens of the breast can predict ductal carcinoma in situ in subsequent excision. Am J Clin Pathol 2009; 131:112-21. [PMID: 19095574 DOI: 10.1309/ajcpghej2r8uyfgp] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022] Open
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Atypical ductal hyperplasia (ADH) diagnosed by core needle biopsy (CNB) is regarded as an indication for surgical excision. We investigated whether histologic subtype and extent of ADH in a series of 123 CNB specimens can predict the presence of carcinoma on surgical excision. We found that ADH present in more than 2 foci in CNB specimens was a strong predictor of ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) on excision (>2 foci, 16/41 vs 6/82 for 1 or 2 foci; P < .0001). The micropapillary subtype of ADH also predicted the presence of DCIS (P = .0006). Our study suggests that micropapillary histologic subtype and extent of ADH in CNB specimens can be applied to predict the presence of DCIS on surgical excision. By using the combination of the extent of ADH in CNB specimens (1 or 2 foci), the presence of microcalcifications within the lesion, and the lack of residual mammographic calcifications after CNB, we identified a low-risk group of patients (n = 25), none of whom had carcinoma on surgical excision. Patients with ADH restricted to fewer than 3 foci may not need surgical excision, especially when the mammographic abnormality is completely removed by CNB.
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- Michael J. Wagoner
- Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, University of South Florida College of Medicine
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- Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, University of South Florida College of Medicine
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Forgeard C, Benchaib M, Guerin N, Thiesse P, Mignotte H, Faure C, Clement-Chassagne C, Treilleux I. Is surgical biopsy mandatory in case of atypical ductal hyperplasia on 11-gauge core needle biopsy? a retrospective study of 300 patients. Am J Surg 2008; 196:339-45. [DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2007.07.038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2007] [Revised: 07/17/2007] [Accepted: 07/26/2007] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Teng-Swan Ho J, Tan PH, Hee SW, Su-Lin Wong J. Underestimation of malignancy of atypical ductal hyperplasia diagnosed on 11-gauge stereotactically guided Mammotome breast biopsy: An Asian breast screen experience. Breast 2008; 17:401-6. [DOI: 10.1016/j.breast.2008.02.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2007] [Revised: 02/04/2008] [Accepted: 02/04/2008] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Tourasse C, Sebag P, Dénier J, Rouyer N, Donné C. Valeur des macrobiopsies mammaires sous guidage stéréotaxique en cas de découverte d’unehyperplasie canalaire atypique. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2008; 89:40-6. [DOI: 10.1016/s0221-0363(08)70368-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Hoang JK, Hill P, Cawson JN. Can mammographic findings help discriminate between atypical ductal hyperplasia and ductal carcinoma in situ after needle core biopsy? Breast 2007; 17:282-8. [PMID: 18063369 DOI: 10.1016/j.breast.2007.10.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2007] [Revised: 10/22/2007] [Accepted: 10/26/2007] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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In a screening population of women, the mammographic characteristics for 68 cases of atypical ductal hyperplasia (ADH) diagnosed by needle core biopsy (NCB) were reviewed to seek mammographic findings which differentiate between ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) and ADH. A blinded analysis by two radiologists was performed for 48 cases with microcalcification. The mammographic findings were correlated with the surgical histological results of benign non-atypical, ADH and carcinoma (DCIS or invasive) to identify features which were associated with a higher or lower odds ratio (OR) for malignancy. Underestimates for malignancy occurred in 14 of 29 cases with granular calcification form (OR 7.9, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.5-41) and 6 of 8 cases with segmental/linear branching distribution (OR 9.0, 95%CI 1.6-52). No malignancy was found at surgical excision in 16 cases with fine, rounded calcification. In conclusion, detailed assessment of calcification distribution and form gave helpful predictors for malignancy. Lesions with fine rounded calcification were always benign.
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- Jenny K Hoang
- St. Vincent's BreastScreen, St. Vincent's Hospital, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.
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Rakha EA, Ellis IO. An overview of assessment of prognostic and predictive factors in breast cancer needle core biopsy specimens. J Clin Pathol 2007; 60:1300-6. [PMID: 17630399 PMCID: PMC2095575 DOI: 10.1136/jcp.2006.045377] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Needle core biopsy (NCB), as part of triple assessment for preoperative evaluation and diagnosis of breast cancer, is now considered as an established, highly accurate method for diagnosing breast cancer that has replaced either fine needle aspiration cytology or excisional biopsy as the initial diagnostic biopsy procedures in many institutions. In addition to its primary role in establishing an accurate histological diagnosis, NCB can potentially provide important additional pathological prognostic information which may be of direct clinical value in certain situations, such as patients being considered for preoperative (neoadjuvant) therapy. With this background in mind we briefly review the current role of NCB in breast cancer diagnosis and then concentrate this review on the usefulness and issues relating to use of this technique in providing accurate, reliable and clinically relevant preoperative prognostic and predictive information in patients with breast cancer.
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- E A Rakha
- Molecular Medical Sciences, University of Nottingham, Department of Histopathology, Nottingham City Hospital NHS Trust. Nottingham University, Nottingham, UK
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Herbert GS, Sohn VY, Mulcahy MJ, Champeaux AL, Brown TA. Prognostic significance of reactivation of telomerase in breast core biopsy specimens. Am J Surg 2007; 193:547-50; discussion 550. [PMID: 17434352 DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2007.01.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2006] [Revised: 01/29/2007] [Accepted: 01/29/2007] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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BACKGROUND Telomerase is not expressed in most somatic tissues, but activity has been shown in breast carcinoma and up to 90% of solid tumors. We sought to determine whether activation of telomerase, as shown by immunohistochemical staining for human telomerase reverse transcriptase (hTERT), held prognostic significance in core breast biopsy specimens. METHODS We identified women with atypical ductal hyperplasia (ADH) on core biopsy who either had underlying cancer or ADH. Immunohistochemistry with anti-hTERT antibody was performed on biopsy specimens, and staining was evaluated. RESULTS Core biopsy specimens stained strongly with the hTERT antibody in 7 (70%) specimens with ADH on open biopsy and 6 (86%) with underlying cancer. The difference was not statistically significant (P = .43). CONCLUSIONS Our study suggests telomerase may be activated early in the pathogenesis of breast cancer. The immunohistochemical evaluating expression of hTERT does not reliably identify those patients with ADH on core biopsy who are likely to have cancer.
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- Garth S Herbert
- Department of Surgery, Madigan Army Medical Center, 9040A Reid St, Tacoma, WA 98431, USA.
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Pinder SE, Provenzano E, Reis-Filho JS. Lobular in situ neoplasia and columnar cell lesions: diagnosis in breast core biopsies and implications for management. Pathology 2007; 39:208-16. [PMID: 17454750 DOI: 10.1080/00313020701230849] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Histopathologists are encountering intra-lobular epithelial proliferations more frequently in core biopsies taken from lesions identified in mammographic breast screening programmes. In particular, columnar cell lesions are increasingly being seen in core biopsies taken for the histological assessment of mammographically detected microcalcifications. The morphological features of lobular neoplasia are relatively well known, but columnar cell lesions, particularly forms with atypical features, are less widely recognised. The biological and clinical significance of both of these intra-lobular processes is controversial, (1) as indicators of adjacent malignancy when encountered in core biopsy, (2) the relative risk conferred of development of subsequent malignancy, and (3) their precursor behaviour. For this reason, the optimal clinical management of these lesions, particularly when encountered on core biopsy, is unclear. This review provides an update on the histological diagnosis of lobular neoplasia and columnar cell lesions and outlines recent clinico-pathological and molecular findings with discussion on clinical management.
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- Sarah E Pinder
- Department of Histopathology, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
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Lobular neoplasia is a relatively uncommon lesion, which is frequently diagnosed in biopsy specimens taken for other reasons. Although the histological features of this lesion are well known, its biological significance as a "risk indicator" or "breast cancer precursor" has been a matter of debate. This review provides an update on recent clinicopathological and molecular data on lobular neoplasia and how these have changed the way these lesions are perceived and, most importantly, managed. Furthermore, the current recommendations for the management of lobular neoplasia diagnosed on core needle biopsies proposed in the National Health Service Breast Cancer Screening guidelines are discussed.
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- Jorge S Reis-Filho
- The Breakthrough Breast Cancer Research Centre, Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK.
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Moriya T, Hirakawa H, Suzuki T, Sasano H, Ohuchi N. Ductal Carcinoma in situ and related lesions of the breast: recent advances in pathology practice. Breast Cancer 2005; 11:325-33. [PMID: 15604986 DOI: 10.1007/bf02968038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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The incidence of ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) of the breast has increased significantly in Japanese women. It comprises 14.1% (172/1216) of all primary breast cancers at our institute, and nowadays this histological type is familiar to the surgeons and pathologists of any institute. Several subclassifications have been published recently. Most based on nuclear atypia and the presence of comedonecrosis, and sometimes on the structures of the involved glands. These classifications are correlated with the biological behavior, tumor extent and the risk for local recurrences. The diagnostic accuracy of minimally invasive procedures (aspiration biopsy cytology/core needle biopsy) may differ between subclasses. Atypical ductal hyperplasia (ADH) and microinvasive ductal carcinomas are lesions which resemble but deviate from the DCIS spectrum. The incidence of ADH seems to be lower than in Western countries. Patients with ADH may have a risk for subsequent breast cancer, because ADH is frequently associated with contralateral breast carcinomas. Microinvasion should be treated with caution, but we could not find any metastatic foci in microinvasive ductal carcinomas (T1mic). Tentatively, ADH may be treated similarly to non-comedo (low-grade) DCIS cases, according to our limited clinical experience.
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- Takuya Moriya
- Department of Pathology, Tohoku University Hospital, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8574, Japan.
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Renshaw AA. Minimal (< or =0.1 cm) invasive carcinoma in breast core needle biopsies. Incidence, sampling, associated findings, and follow-up. Arch Pathol Lab Med 2005; 128:996-9. [PMID: 15335264 DOI: 10.5858/2004-128-996-mcicib] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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CONTEXT Although minimally invasive (microinvasive) carcinoma (< or =0.1 cm) of the breast is a well-known and well-characterized entity in excision specimens, the significance of small foci of invasion in breast core needle biopsies has not been well described. OBJECTIVE To define the significance of minimally invasive carcinoma in breast core needle biopsies. DESIGN Review of a large series of core needle biopsies for invasive carcinomas measuring 0.1 cm or less and correlation of the results with those of subsequent excision. SETTING Large community hospital. RESULTS From approximately 8500 biopsies, a total of 18 cases of minimally invasive carcinoma from 16 women aged 42 to 80 years were identified. All were present on only 1 of 8 slides made from the block. Overall, the incidence was approximately 0.1% of all biopsies and 1% of all invasive carcinomas. Six cases were invasive lobular carcinomas, 1 was tubulolobular carcinoma, 3 were tubular carcinomas, and the remaining 8 were ductal carcinomas. Eight cases were associated with high-grade comedo ductal carcinomas, 2 with low-grade ductal carcinoma in situ, 3 with atypical ductal hyperplasia, 3 with atypical ductal hyperplasia and lobular carcinoma in situ, and 2 with no other lesion. From a total of 8 sections done entirely through the block, the lesion was present on the first level in 4 cases and the fifth level in 5 cases. No cases were identified in the last 3 levels. Subsequent pathology was available for 16 of the 18 cases. Invasive carcinomas measuring more than 1 cm were present in 9 cases (64%; along with 2 positive lymph nodes), invasive carcinomas less than 1 cm in 2 cases (14%), ductal carcinoma alone in 4 cases (29%), and no carcinoma in 1 case (7%). No pathologic or radiologic features were associated with the finding of invasive carcinoma at excision. CONCLUSION Invasive carcinoma measuring 0.1 cm or less is a rare finding in breast core needle biopsies, is commonly associated with in situ carcinomas and atypical hyperplasias, and is often associated with larger invasive foci at excision. However, invasive carcinomas smaller than 0.1 cm can occur without any other significant findings and may require relatively extensive sampling to identify.
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- Andrew A Renshaw
- Department of Pathology, Baptist Hospital of Miami, Miami, Fla 33176, USA.
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Comment diminuer le taux d’échecs des macrobiopsies mammaires percutanées ? IMAGERIE DE LA FEMME 2004. [DOI: 10.1016/s1776-9817(04)94801-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Tayal S, Singh M, Lewin J. A Comparative Analysis of Atypical Hyperplasia Diagnosed with Core Needle Biopsy with Corresponding Surgical Specimen. Breast J 2003; 9:511-2. [PMID: 14616952 DOI: 10.1046/j.1524-4741.2003.09626.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
MESH Headings
- Biopsy, Needle
- Breast Diseases/epidemiology
- Breast Diseases/etiology
- Breast Diseases/pathology
- Breast Diseases/surgery
- Breast Neoplasms/epidemiology
- Breast Neoplasms/etiology
- Breast Neoplasms/pathology
- Breast Neoplasms/surgery
- Carcinoma, Intraductal, Noninfiltrating/epidemiology
- Carcinoma, Intraductal, Noninfiltrating/etiology
- Carcinoma, Intraductal, Noninfiltrating/pathology
- Carcinoma, Intraductal, Noninfiltrating/surgery
- Colorado/epidemiology
- Female
- Humans
- Hyperplasia/epidemiology
- Hyperplasia/etiology
- Hyperplasia/pathology
- Hyperplasia/surgery
- Incidence
- Mastectomy, Segmental
- Medical Records
- Retrospective Studies
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Purushotham AD. The diagnosis and management of pre-invasive breast disease: problems associated with management of pre-invasive lesions. Breast Cancer Res 2003; 5:309-12. [PMID: 14580248 PMCID: PMC314409 DOI: 10.1186/bcr649] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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The treatment of ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) involves adequate surgical excision with adjuvant radiotherapy where appropriate. An inadequate excision margin and young age are independent risk factors for local recurrence. Routine surgery to axillary lymph nodes is not recommended in pure DCIS. In localised DCIS, adjuvant radiotherapy is recommended on the basis of tumour size, margin width and pathological subtypes. The role of adjuvant tamoxifen as systemic therapy is controversial. The treatment of atypical ductal/lobular hyperplasia and lobular carcinoma in situ involves surgical excision to exclude coexisting DCIS or invasive disease.
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Bonnett M, Wallis T, Rossmann M, Pernick NL, Bouwman D, Carolin KA, Visscher D. Histopathologic analysis of atypical lesions in image-guided core breast biopsies. Mod Pathol 2003; 16:154-60. [PMID: 12591968 DOI: 10.1097/01.mp.0000052375.72841.e2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Appropriate follow-up of patients with needle core breast biopsies (NCBB) showing atypical hyperplasia remains unclear because previous studies show that subsequent open biopsies in variable proportions of these patients reveal ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) or even invasive carcinoma, indicating significant sampling artifact. NCBB with diagnoses of atypia were morphologically classified into groups as follows: I, ALH (n = 24); II, ADH with minimal cytologic atypism (n = 90); III, atypia, other (9 columnar, 2 apocrine, 11 atypical papillary); IV, severe ADH/borderline DCIS (n = 31). Mammographic and histologic features, including the number of foci of atypia in the NCBB and the calcification span, were then correlated with presence of DCIS or invasive tumor in subsequent open excisions. Open excisional biopsies showed more severe lesions in 12% of Group I-III cases (8% in Group I, 9% in Group II, and 27% in Group III), of which 15 were DCIS and one was an invasive tubular carcinoma (0.3 cm). Of the DCIS, 60% (n = 9) were < or =5 mm, and 13 of 15 (87%) were low grade. The NCBB cavity was immediately adjacent to the more severe lesions in 88% (n = 14) of cases, in keeping with sampling error. The subset showing severe ADH with borderline nuclear features in contrast was associated with a high likelihood (63%) of DCIS in follow-up excisions. NCBB with atypical papillary features also showed a high frequency of DCIS (4/11, 36%) in subsequent open excisions. Other factors associated with more severe lesions on open biopsy included the number of atypical foci in the NCBB (>4, P <.05) and the mammographic calcification span (>2.0 cm, P <.0001). Atypical lesions diagnosed in NCBB samples are radiographically and morphologically heterogeneous, accounting for the variable frequency of DCIS or invasive neoplasm identified in subsequent open excisions, which are usually focal, low grade, and a consequence of sampling artifact (i.e., adjacent to the NCBB cavity). DCIS is more likely if microcalcifications are mammographically extensive or if atypia is multifocal or is associated with borderline cytologic features.
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- Michelle Bonnett
- Department of Pathology, Karmanos Cancer Institute and Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan, USA
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Sneige N, Lim SC, Whitman GJ, Krishnamurthy S, Sahin AA, Smith TL, Stelling CB. Atypical ductal hyperplasia diagnosis by directional vacuum-assisted stereotactic biopsy of breast microcalcifications. Considerations for surgical excision. Am J Clin Pathol 2003. [PMID: 12579995 DOI: 10.1309/0gyv4f2lljav4gfn] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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In 824 patients who underwent directional vacuum-assisted biopsies (DVABs) of breast microcalcifications, 61 (7.4%) showed atypical ductal hyperplasia (ADH). The 42 who subsequently underwent excision were the subjects of this study. Cases were evaluated for the mammographic characteristics of the lesion, the percentage of lesion removed according to mammography, and histologic findings (including number of large ducts and/or terminal duct-lobular units involved with ADH) in DVAB specimens. Pathologic findings in the surgical specimens in the area of the biopsy site also were recorded. In the DVAB specimens, ADH was confined to an average of 1.5 large ducts or lobular units and was associated with microcalcifications in all of the patients. Surgical specimens showed ADH in 15 cases, no residual lesion in 24 cases, and ductal carcinoma in situ in 3 cases. We found that microcalcifications that contain ADH in less than 3 lobules or ducts and/or that are removed completely by DVAB do not reveal higher-risk lesions on excision; thus, removal is unnecessary. When assessing microcalcifications with ADH, clinicians should consider the percentage of microcalcifications removed by DVAB and the extent of lobular involvement to better assess the need for excision.
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- Nour Sneige
- Department of Pathology, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Unit 53, 1515 Holcombe Blvd, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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Yeh IT, Dimitrov D, Otto P, Miller AR, Kahlenberg MS, Cruz A. Pathologic review of atypical hyperplasia identified by image-guided breast needle core biopsy. Correlation with excision specimen. Arch Pathol Lab Med 2003; 127:49-54. [PMID: 12521366 DOI: 10.5858/2003-127-49-proahi] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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CONTEXT Management of breast needle core biopsies diagnosed as atypical ductal hyperplasia, atypical lobular hyperplasia, and lobular carcinoma in situ is controversial. Current recommendations involve excisional biopsy to rule out ductal carcinoma in situ and/or invasive carcinoma, which have been reported in more than 50% of cases in some series. OBJECTIVE To determine how frequently these diagnoses made on needle core biopsy are ultimately found to represent in situ or invasive carcinoma based on excisional biopsy specimens, in order to identify predictive factors. DESIGN One thousand eight hundred thirty-six image-guided needle core biopsies were performed between January 1, 1995 and May 1, 2001. Fifty-four (2.9%) patients diagnosed with atypical ductal hyperplasia (n = 36), atypical lobular hyperplasia (n = 12), atypical ductal hyperplasia + atypical lobular hyperplasia (n = 3), or lobular carcinoma in situ (n = 3) subsequently underwent breast excisions. Pathologic features were reviewed in each of the needle core biopsies using Page's criteria and were then correlated with excision specimens. SETTING University medical center. RESULTS Review of the needle core biopsy cases with either ductal carcinoma in situ or invasive carcinoma + ductal carcinoma in situ on final excision showed that nucleoli were evident in most of the needle core cases, with foci of nuclear pleomorphism and individual cell necrosis or apoptosis. CONCLUSION A more precise diagnosis can be made by using strict criteria for atypical ductal hyperplasia versus ductal carcinoma in situ on needle core biopsy. Cytologic atypia, even if in a small area, particularly when there is apoptosis/individual cell necrosis, correlates with the finding of a more serious lesion on excision.
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MESH Headings
- Biopsy, Needle/methods
- Breast/pathology
- Breast Neoplasms/diagnostic imaging
- Breast Neoplasms/pathology
- Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast/diagnostic imaging
- Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast/pathology
- Carcinoma, Intraductal, Noninfiltrating/diagnostic imaging
- Carcinoma, Intraductal, Noninfiltrating/pathology
- Diagnosis, Differential
- Diagnostic Imaging
- Female
- Humans
- Hyperplasia
- Mammography
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- I-Tien Yeh
- Department of Pathology, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio 78229, USA.
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Harvey JM, Sterrett GF, Frost FA. Atypical ductal hyperplasia and atypia of uncertain significance in core biopsies from mammographically detected lesions: correlation with excision diagnosis. Pathology 2002; 34:410-6. [PMID: 12408338 DOI: 10.1080/0031302021000009315] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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AIMS To assess: (1) the prevalence of reporting of atypical ductal hyperplasia (ADH) and intraductal atypia of uncertain significance (AUS) in a series of core biopsies from mammographically detected lesions, (2) the proportion of cases where excision revealed breast carcinoma, and (3) whether any diagnoses should be revised on review. METHODS Breast core biopsy reports from the Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital Breast Assessment Centre for the years 1999-2000 were retrieved. Slides from cases reported as ADH or AUS were reviewed as well as slides from the excision biopsies. RESULTS There were 1048 core biopsies from 911 women. Breast carcinoma was diagnosed in 197 samples (18.8%) including 88 with invasive carcinoma (8.4%), 109 with ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) (10.4%). Three biopsies (0.3%) 'suspicious' of invasive carcinoma proved to be so. Of 52 samples (5.0%) with a diagnosis of ADH or AUS, 46 were excised, showing seven invasive carcinomas, 15 DCIS, 11 ADH, two lobular carcinoma in situ (LCIS), nine fibrocystic change (FCC), one mucocoele-like lesion and one fibroadenoma. The 22 malignancies represented 47.8% of the excised lesions. On review, seven of the 52 original core diagnoses were downgraded to benign hyperplasia. Five underwent excision, revealing two FCC, one complex sclerosing lesion, and two incidental lesions unrelated to the mammographic abnormality, including a microscopic tubular carcinoma and a focus of LCIS. In one case reviewed as unsatisfactory, excision showed invasive carcinoma. Lesions of particular interest included a case of high-grade DCIS with local regression in the core biopsy (so-called 'bumt out DCIS'), and one case diagnosed on excision as micropapillary ADH, where the review diagnosis was micropapillary DCIS. CONCLUSIONS ADH and AUS were reported in 5.0% of biopsies. There was a high rate of carcinoma (47.8%) in subsequent excisions. Very few diagnoses were revised on review. Current protocols for excision of lesions with a 14-gauge core biopsy diagnosis of ADH/AUS appear justified. Literature review suggests that vacuum-assisted core sampling with 11-gauge needles will not remove the need for excision. Further study of local regression of DCIS and micropapillary lesions will be worthwhile.
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- Jennet M Harvey
- Department of Pathology, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Australia.
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Lesions of the breast containing extravasated mucin span a continuum from benign mucoceles to invasive mucinous (colloid) carcinoma. It is well known that distinguishing benign from malignant mucinous lesions is difficult infine-needle aspiration material. Whether these lesions also are difficult to distinguish in core needle biopsy material is not known. To address this, I reviewed the results of 4,297 breast core needle biopsies. Mucinous lesions were identified in 22 cases (0.51%), and excisional biopsy material was available for 15 of these. At excision, 0 of 8 benign mucinous lesions showed carcinoma, while 7 of 7 mucinous lesions associated with carcinoma at the time of core needle biopsy showed carcinoma at excision. The vast majority of mucinous lesions of the breast can be diagnosed accurately by core needle biopsy. Whether all such lesions require excision is not known at this time.
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- Andrew A Renshaw
- Department of Pathology, Baptist Hospital of Miami, FL 33176, USA
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Renshaw AA, Cartagena N, Derhagopian RP, Gould EW. Lobular neoplasia in breast core needle biopsy specimens is not associated with an increased risk of ductal carcinoma in situ or invasive carcinoma. Am J Clin Pathol 2002; 117:797-9. [PMID: 12090431 DOI: 10.1309/t4xf-c61j-c95y-vr4q] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022] Open
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Recent reports suggest that the finding of lobular neoplasia (atypical lobular hyperplasia [ALH] or bular carcinoma in situ [LCIS]) in breast core needle biopsy specimens may be associated with an increased risk of both ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) or invasive carcinoma at excision. We reviewed our breast core biopsy material to see if we could confirm this finding. from 4,297 biopsies, 71 cases of lobular neoplasia lone and 35 cases of lobular neoplasia associated with typical ductal hyperplasia were identified. Biopsy follow-up revealed DCIS or invasive carcinoma in none of 6 cases of ALH, none of 9 cases of LCIS, and DCIS in 1 of 11 cases with both atypical ductal hyperplasia and LCIS. Our results suggest that patients with lobular eoplasia in breast core biopsy specimens are not at increased risk of either DCIS or invasive carcinoma at excision, and patients with this finding and no other linical or pathologic indications for biopsy can be llowed up rather than routinely undergo excision.
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- Andrew A Renshaw
- Department of Pathology, Baptist Hospital of Miami, FL 33176, USA
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OBJECTIVE To determine the degree of histologic sampling necessary for adequate examination of breast core needle biopsy specimens. DESIGN The results of all breast core needle biopsies (11 and 14 gauge) with a diagnosis of atypical small acinar proliferation or atypical ductal hyperplasia and subsequent excisional biopsies, for a 50-month period were reviewed. Blocks of all cores were sectioned entirely in 8 slides to determine the amount of sectioning needed to detect these foci, and the results were correlated with those from the excision specimen. SETTING Large community hospital practice. RESULTS Of 3026 cases, 216 (7.1%) were diagnosed as atypical ductal hyperplasia or atypia not otherwise specified. Subsequent resections were available in 105 (49%) cases, and after review, 95 (92%) qualified as atypical ductal hyperplasia and 2 were determined to be atypical small acinar proliferations. The 2 small acinar proliferations were first detected on the second and fourth slides. Of the atypical ductal hyperplasia cases, 43% were detected on the first slide, 17% on the second, 23% on the third, 8% on the fourth, and 8% on the fifth. No lesions were initially detected after this level. Ductal carcinoma in situ was detected in the excision specimens from 1 case each of those detected initially on the fourth and fifth slides. CONCLUSION Five sections of breast core needle biopsy specimens are necessary to ensure that all atypical small acinar proliferations and atypical ductal hyperplasia lesions are sampled.
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- A A Renshaw
- Department of Pathology, Baptist Hospital of Miami, 8900 N Kendall Dr, Miami, FL 33176, USA.
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