Perretta Tommaso, Meucci Rosaria, Serio Maria Lina, Caliandro Aurelia, Censi Michela, Beninati Emanuela, Collura Alberto, Vanni Gianluca, Giacobbi Erica, Anemona Lucia, Pistolese Chiara Adriana
Department of Diagnostic and Molecular Imaging, Interventional Radiology and Radiotherapy, University Hospital of Rome "Tor Vergata", Viale Oxford 81, 00133 Rome, Italy.
UOSD Breast Unit, Department of Surgical Science, University Hospital of Rome "Tor Vergata", Rome, Italy.
Radiol Case Rep. 2022 May 11;17(7):2492-2500. doi: 10.1016/j.radcr.2022.03.100. eCollection 2022 Jul.
Vascular lesions of the breast comprise a heterogeneous group that includes a variety of benign, atypical, and malignant lesions. These are a diagnostic challenge given variable clinical, radiological and pathological presentation, especially when they are small and asymptomatic. We present 2 cases of these rare lesions of the breast which were occult to mammographics and ultrasound studies. Both the lesions were detected only on magnetic resonance imaging, most helpful in the diagnosis of these rare tumor. Histopathological examinations following the magnetic resonance guided biopsies, were initially interpreted as negative for breast cancer in both cases. These turned out to be respectively a low grade angiosarcoma and a benign vascular lesion after a new histopathological examination following a larger magnetic resonance guided biopsies performed in light of the radiology-pathology discordance. Although rare, it is important to consider vascular tumours of the breast; radiologists need to be aware such tumors may present non-specific imaging features.
乳腺血管性病变是一组异质性病变,包括多种良性、非典型性和恶性病变。鉴于其临床、放射学和病理学表现各异,尤其是在病变较小且无症状时,这些病变具有诊断挑战性。我们报告2例乳腺罕见病变,乳腺X线摄影和超声检查均未发现。这两个病变均仅在磁共振成像上被检测到,磁共振成像对诊断这些罕见肿瘤最有帮助。磁共振引导下活检后的组织病理学检查,最初在两例中均被解释为乳腺癌阴性。鉴于放射学与病理学结果不一致,在进行更大范围的磁共振引导下活检后进行新的组织病理学检查,结果分别为低级别血管肉瘤和良性血管病变。尽管乳腺血管肿瘤罕见,但考虑到这类肿瘤很重要;放射科医生需要意识到这类肿瘤可能呈现非特异性影像学特征。