CASES 742-743: 2 CASES of BREAST TUMOR with NEGATIVE MAMMOGRAPHY, Dr PHAN THANH HẢI, Dr HỒ CHÍ TRUNG, MEDIC MEDICAL CENTER, HCMC, VIETNAM.

2 CASES of BREAST TUMOR with UNCLEAR MAMMOGRAPHY

Case 742:

A woman 64 year-old in check-up.

Mammography findings noted breast in B group, nearly a doubtful breast mass on right side.

Ultrasound revealed a small # 7 mm spidicular mass in right breast. Elastography was a hard tumor. BI-RADS 5. Axillary nodes were metastases 

Core biopsy and chemoimmunologic staining resulted a small invasive carcinoma of the breast. A mastectomy was done and microscopic result was  carcinoma.

Case 743:

 

A woman 34 year-old with right lung cancer, positive EGFR and right pleural effusion has bee managed for 4 months. She herself found her right breast harder.

On mammography her right breast belonged type D (dense) which could not detect the tumor.

But ultrasound detected easily a big 37×19 mm tumor in BI-RADS 5 with cervical metastasized nodes.

The poor young woman with 2 kinds of cancer at the same time. 

Core biopsy resulted invasive breast carcinoma metastasized cervical nodes. And rib bones

and left pelvic bone on scintigraphy.