Aleem Javaria, Rehman Sara, Shafqat Mehreen, Zahra Hamd, Ashraf Javeria, Niazi Imran Khalid
Department of Radiology, Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Centre, Lahore, PAK.
Department of Radiology, University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust, North Midlands, GBR.
Cureus. 2022 Apr 20;14(4):e24318. doi: 10.7759/cureus.24318. eCollection 2022 Apr.
Aim To analyze the histopathological outcome of stereotactic biopsies of newly developed suspicious calcifications at lumpectomy scar site in patients with breast conservation surgery (BCS) to determine the incidence of malignancy and the association of mammographic appearance of recurrent microcalcification and their distribution. We also determined the association of disease recurrence with the presence of calcifications in original tumor and lumpectomy resection margins with the risk of recurrence. Materials and methods This study is a retrospective review of mammograms of patients with breast cancer from 2010 to 2021 who underwent stereotactic biopsy of newly developed suspicious calcifications at scar site appreciated on annual follow-up mammogram after breast conservation surgery (BCS) with no mass on correlative ultrasound. The radiological and pathological features of the patients' primary tumor and new calcifications were obtained from the hospital's electronic patient record system. Results A total of 84 patients with breast cancer developed suspicious microcalcifications at the lumpectomy scar site detected on follow-up mammograms after BCS, and 28.6% showed malignant histopathological outcomes. All malignant cases demonstrated pleomorphic morphology. All amorphous (9.5%) and coarse heterogeneous (54.8%) calcifications were benign. The distribution pattern of recurrent malignant calcifications was grouped in 9.5%, regional in 2.4%, linear in 9.5%, and segmental in 7.1%. Calcifications in primary tumors were found in 20.2% of cases. Positive margins were found in 7.1% of these malignant cases. Statistically, there was a strong association between calcification morphology, calcification distribution, presence of calcifications on baseline mammogram, and tumor resection margins. The presence of calcifications in primary tumors and positive resection margins were identified as significant independent risk factors of malignant recurrent calcifications in the logistic regression model and marginal statistical significance in the multivariable logistic regression (MLR) model. Conclusion The interval development of pleomorphic calcifications after BCS with either linear or segmental pattern, positive resection margins, and associated calcifications in primary tumors was related to the increase in the risk of recurrence. Although amorphous and coarse heterogeneous morphology with grouped distribution showed benign outcomes, stereotactic biopsy is recommended to exclude disease recurrence in this high-risk patient population.
目的 分析保乳手术(BCS)患者乳房肿块切除术后瘢痕部位新出现的可疑钙化灶的立体定向活检组织病理学结果,以确定恶性肿瘤的发生率以及复发性微钙化灶的乳腺钼靶表现及其分布之间的关联。我们还确定了疾病复发与原发肿瘤及乳房肿块切除切缘钙化灶的存在与复发风险之间的关联。材料与方法 本研究是对2010年至2021年接受保乳手术(BCS)后年度随访乳腺钼靶检查发现瘢痕部位新出现可疑钙化灶且相关超声检查无肿块的乳腺癌患者的乳腺钼靶片进行的回顾性分析。患者原发肿瘤和新钙化灶的放射学和病理学特征来自医院的电子病历系统。结果 共有84例乳腺癌患者在保乳手术后的随访乳腺钼靶片中发现乳房肿块切除瘢痕部位有可疑微钙化灶,其中28.6%显示为恶性组织病理学结果。所有恶性病例均表现为多形性形态。所有无定形(9.5%)和粗大不均匀(54.8%)钙化灶均为良性。复发性恶性钙化灶的分布模式为簇状9.5%、区域性2.4%、线性9.5%、节段性7.1%。20.2%的病例在原发肿瘤中发现钙化灶。这些恶性病例中有7.1%切缘阳性。从统计学上看,钙化形态、钙化分布、基线乳腺钼靶片上钙化灶的存在以及肿瘤切除切缘之间存在很强的关联。在逻辑回归模型中,原发肿瘤中钙化灶的存在和切缘阳性被确定为恶性复发性钙化灶的显著独立危险因素,在多变量逻辑回归(MLR)模型中具有边际统计学意义。结论 保乳手术后出现的具有线性或节段性模式、切缘阳性以及原发肿瘤中相关钙化灶的多形性钙化灶的间隔出现与复发风险增加有关。尽管无定形和粗大不均匀形态且呈簇状分布显示为良性结果,但对于这一高危患者群体,建议进行立体定向活检以排除疾病复发。
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