Chen Fei, Chen Yu-Jia, Hu Yan-Ze
Department of Ultrasound, The First Hospital of Jiaxing/Affiliated Hospital of Jiaxing University, Jiaxing, China.
Department of Pathology, Jiaxing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jiaxing, China.
J Clin Ultrasound. 2025 May;53(4):885-892. doi: 10.1002/jcu.23902. Epub 2024 Dec 9.
Giant cell tumor of soft tissue (GCT-ST) is an extremely rare phenomenon in the breast. Herein, a case involving a 75-year-old female with a painless lump and bloody discharge from the nipple of her left breast is reported. A diagnosis of malignant tumor was arrived at by observing the location of the tumor, interior echo, margins, vascular distribution, hardness, and microvascular density on preoperative multimodal ultrasonography. However, no evidence of malignancy was found on ultrasonography-guided nuclear needle biopsy or rapid intraoperative pathological examination. Subsequently, an excisional biopsy was performed, and GCT-ST coincident with high-grade ductal carcinoma in situ were confirmed using histopathology and immunohistochemistry. Accordingly, the patient underwent left-sided mastectomy and sentinel lymph node biopsy. This case emphasizes the complexity of the clinical and pathological diagnosis of GCT-ST in the breast and may raise the awareness of clinicians and sonographers to the advantages of multimodal ultrasound imaging in the diagnosis of GCT-ST in the breast. Pathologists should consider the possibility of GCT-ST when encountering a giant cell-rich mass in the breast.
软组织巨细胞瘤(GCT-ST)在乳腺中极为罕见。本文报道了一例75岁女性患者,其左乳出现无痛性肿块并伴有乳头血性溢液。通过术前多模态超声观察肿瘤的位置、内部回声、边界、血管分布、硬度及微血管密度,诊断为恶性肿瘤。然而,在超声引导下的核针活检或术中快速病理检查中均未发现恶性证据。随后进行了切除活检,经组织病理学和免疫组织化学证实为GCT-ST合并高级别导管原位癌。因此,该患者接受了左侧乳房切除术和前哨淋巴结活检。该病例强调了乳腺GCT-ST临床和病理诊断的复杂性,可能提高临床医生和超声检查人员对多模态超声成像在乳腺GCT-ST诊断中的优势的认识。病理学家在遇到乳腺中富含巨细胞的肿块时应考虑GCT-ST的可能性。