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Presentation of Case

A 58-year-old woman was seen in the multidisciplinary breast-cancer clinic of this hospital for management of early-stage breast cancer.

One month earlier, a routine screening mammogram at another facility revealed an ill-defined mass, approximately 15 to 20 mm in diameter, associated with calcifications in the lower inner quadrant of the right breast. The mass had not been present on a mammogram obtained two and a half years earlier. An ultrasonographic examination performed at this hospital 12 days after routine mammography showed a hypoechoic mass at the 3 o'clock position, measuring 1.2 cm in diameter. Two days later an ultrasonographically guided . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Differential Diagnosis

Pathological Discussion

Discussion of Management

Anatomical Diagnosis

Source Information

From the Departments of Hematology and Oncology (P.D.R.), Radiology (D.B.K.), and Pathology (D.C.S.), Massachusetts General Hospital; and the Departments of Medicine (P.D.R.), Radiology (D.B.K.), and Pathology (D.C.S.), Harvard Medical School.

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Case 24-2005: A Woman with Estrogen-Receptor–Positive Breast Cancer
Denes A. E., Ryan P. D.
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N Engl J Med 2005; 353:2304-2305, Nov 24, 2005. Correspondence

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