• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제13권10호
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• pp.4989-4992
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• 2012

Purpose: Guide-wire localization (GWL) has been a standard technique for many years. Excision of nonpalpable malignant breast lesions with clear surgical margins reduces the risk of undergoing re-excision. The objective of the present study was to evaluate the efficacy of GWL biopsy for assessing surgical margins. Methods: This retrospective study concerned 53 patients who underwent GWL biopsy for non-palpable breast lesions and breast carcinoma diagnosed by histological examination. Age of the patients, tumour size, radiographic findings, breast density specifications, specimen volumes, menopausal status and family history of the patients and surgical margin status were recorded. Results: Median age was 53.3 years, median tumour size was 1.5 cm and median specimen volume was $71.5cm^3$. In fifteen patients (28%) DCIS and in 38 patients (72%) invasive ductal carcinoma was diagnosed. There was positive surgical margins in twenty eight (52.8%) patients. The median distance to the nearest surgical margin was 7.2 mm in clear surgical margins. Younger age and denser breast specifications were found as statistically significant factors for surgical margin status. Median age of the patients who had positive margins was 49.4 years where it was 56.9 years in the patients with negative margins (p=0.04). 79% of the patients with positive margins had type 3-4 pattern breast density according to BIRADS classification as compared to 48% in the patients who had negative margins (p=0.03). Some 38 patients who had positive or close surgical margins received re-excision (72%). Conclusion: Positive margin rates may be higher because of inherent biological differences and diffuse growth patterns in younger patients. There are also technical difficulties that are relevant to denser fibroglandular tissue in placing hooked wire. High re-excision rates must be taken into consideration while performing GWL biopsy in non-palpable breast lesions.

• Korean Journal of Radiology
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• 제22권3호
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• pp.297-307
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• 2021

Objective: To compare the performance of simulated abbreviated breast MRI (AB-MRI) and full diagnostic (FD)-MRI in distinguishing between benign and malignant lesions detected by MRI and investigate the features of discrepant lesions of the two protocols. Materials and Methods: An AB-MRI set with single first postcontrast images was retrospectively obtained from an FD-MRI cohort of 111 lesions (34 malignant, 77 benign) detected by contralateral breast MRI in 111 women (mean age, 49.8. ± 9.8; range, 28-75 years) with recently diagnosed breast cancer. Five blinded readers independently classified the likelihood of malignancy using Breast Imaging Reporting and Data System assessments. McNemar tests and area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC) analyses were performed. The imaging and pathologic features of the discrepant lesions of the two protocols were analyzed. Results: The sensitivity of AB-MRI for lesion characterization tended to be lower than that of FD-MRI for all readers (58.8-82.4% vs. 79.4-100%), although the findings of only two readers were significantly different (p < 0.05). The specificity of AB-MRI for lesion characterization was higher than that of FD-MRI for 80% of readers (39.0-74.0% vs. 19.5-45.5%, p ≤ 0.001). The AUC of AB-MRI was comparable to that of FD-MRI for all readers (p > 0.05). Fifteen percent (5/34) of the cancers were false-negatives on AB-MRI. More suspicious margins or internal enhancement on the delayed phase images were related to the discrepancies. Conclusion: The overall performance of AB-MRI was similar to that of FD-MRI in distinguishing between benign and malignant lesions. AB-MRI showed lower sensitivity and higher specificity than FD-MRI, as 15% of the cancers were misclassified compared to FD-MRI.

• Investigative Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.41-46
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• 2010

목적 : 유방의 유두상 병변의 진단에 있어 자기공명영상의 역할에 대해 알아보고자 한다. 대상 및 방법 : 초음파 유도하 핵생검에서 양성 유두상 병변으로 진단된 45예 중 자기공명영상을 시행한 22명의 환자 27예를 대상으로 하였다. 자기공명영상 시행 1-10일 후 절제 생검을 시행하였다. 자기공명영상 소견은 형태학적 기준에서 불규칙하거나 환형 또는 선형 조영증강을 보이거나 조영증강 양상에서 지연기 조영유실을 보이는 경우를 의심스러운 병변으로 분류하였다. 확산강조영상에서 병변의 발견 여부도 알아보았다. 자기공명영상 소견이 절제 생검 결과와 관련이 있는지 알아보았다. 결과 : 핵생검에서 비정형성이 없는 22예의 양성 유두상 병변 중 2예(9%), 비정형성이 있는 5예의 양성 유두상 병변 중 4예(80%)가 절제 생검에서 악성으로 진단되었다. 자기공명영상에서 발견된 18예 중 16예에서 암이 의심되는 소견을 보였으며, 절제 생검에서 양성이 11예(69%), 악성이 5예(31%)였다. 확산강조영상에서 보이는 12예 중 10예가 양성, 2예가 악성으로 진단되었다. 자기공명영상 소견은 절제 생검 결과와 상관이 없었다. 결론 : 핵생검에서 진단된 양성 유두상 병변의 자기공명영상 소견은 대부분(88.9%, 16/18)에서 암이 의심되는 소견을 보여 악성 예측에 도움이 되지 않았으며 자기공명영상에서 위양성 소견을 보이는 병변에 양성 유두상 병변이 포함되어야 할 것이다.

• Korean Journal of Radiology
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• 제2권2호
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• pp.80-86
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• 2001

Objective: To assess the potential clinical utility of in-vivo 31P magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) in patients with various malignant and benign breast lesions. Materials and Methods: Seventeen patients with untreated primary malignant breast lesions (group I), eight patients with untreated benign breast lesions (group II) and seven normal breasts (group III) were included in this study. In-vivo 31P MRS was performed using a 1.5 Tesla MR scanner. Because of the characteristics of the coil, the volume of the tumor had to exceed 12 cc (3×2×2 cm), with a superoinferior diameter at least 3 cm. Mean and standard deviations of each metabolite were calculated and metabolite ratios, such as PME/PCr, PDE/PCr, T-ATP/PCr and PCr/T-ATP were calculated and statistically analyzed. Results: Significant differences in PME were noted between groups I and III (p=0.0213), and between groups II and III (p=0.0213). The metabolite ratios which showed significant differences were PME/PCr (between groups II and III) (p=0.0201), PDE/PCr (between groups I and III, and between groups II and III) (p=0.0172), T-ATP/PCr (between groups II and III) (p=0.0287), and PCr/T-ATP (between groups II and III) (p=0.0287). There were no significant parameters between groups I and II. Conclusion: In-vivo 31P MRS is not helpful for establishing a differential diagnosis between benign and malignant breast lesions, at least with relatively large lesions greater than 3 cm in one or more dimensions.

• 대한세포병리학회지
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.93-99
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• 2007

Fine needle aspiration has been widely used to diagnose of breast lesions whether they are malignant or not. When applied by experienced and well-trained practitioners, its accuracy can approach that of histopathology. In order to make optimal use of FNAB in breast lesions, this article has reviewed the criteria for sample adequacy, the diagnostic terminology and the cytomorphologic approach to making a diagnosis and avoiding diagnostic pitfalls.

• 대한세포병리학회지
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.45-54
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• 1998

Fine needle aspiration cytology is considered as a useful diagnostic procedure in management of patients with breast lesions. This study was undertaken to evaluate the scoring system of Masood in the interpretation of breast aspirates, to establish the most useful cytologic criteria for the diagnosis of breast lesions, and to subclassify the benign breast diseases. To assess the feasibility of a cytologic grading system, 57 cases of benign breast disease, 61 cases of malignant breast disease were studied, respectively. The aspirates were evaluated for the cellular arrangement, the degree of cellular pleomorphism and anisonucleosis, and the presence of myoepithelial cells and nuceoli. Values ranging from 1 to 4 were assigned to each criterion and the sum of the individual values was made for each case. The presence of stroma, apocrine metaplasia, foamy histiocytes and inflammatory cells, background of the smear, and cellularity were also evaluated. Cut-off value of the scoring system of Masood between benign and malignant lesion was 15. Among the cytologic criteria, cellular arrangement, presence of myoepithelial cells, nucleoli, and stroma, status of chromatin pattern, and background of smear were useful criteria in the differentiation between benign and malignant lesions. Application of the scoring system of Masood does not always make the accurate diagnosis and the subclassification of benign breast disease.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제14권5호
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• pp.3037-3040
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• 2013

Introduction: Mammography is the most basic modality in breast cancer imaging. However, the overlap of breast tissue depicted on conventional two-dimensional mammography (2DMMG) may create significant obstacles to detecting abnormalities, especially in dense or heterogeneously dense breasts. In three-dimensional digital breast tomosynthesis (3DBT), tomographic images of the breast are reconstructed from multiple projections acquired at different angles. It has reported that this technology allows the generation of 3D data, therefore overcoming the limitations of conventional 2DMMG for Western women. We assessed the detectability of lesions by conventional 2DMMG and 3DBT in diagnosis of breast cancer for Japanese women. Methods: The subjects were 195 breasts of 99 patients (median age of 48 years, range 34~82 years) that had been pathologically diagnosed with breast cancer from December 20, 2010 through March 31, 2011. Both conventional 2DMMG and 3DBT imaging were performed for all patients. Detectability of lesions was assessed based on differences in category class. Results: Of the affected breasts, 77 (75.5%) had lesions assigned to the same categories by 2DMMG and 3DBT. For 24 (23.5%) lesions, the category increased in 3DBT indicating improvement in diagnostic performance compared to 2DMMG. 3DBT improved diagnostic sensitivity for patients with mass, focal asymmetric density (FAD), and architectural distortion. However, 3DBT was not statistically superior in diagnosis of the presence or absence of calcification. Conclusions: In this study, 3DBT was superior in diagnosing lesions in form of mass, FAD, and/or architectural distortion. 3DBT is a novel technique that may provide a breakthrough in solving the difficulties of diagnosis caused by parenchyma overlap for Japanese women.

• Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
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• 제42권6호
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• pp.456-463
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• 2008

목적 : $^{18}F-FDG$ PET/CT에서 우연히 발견되는 국소 유방 병변의 임상적인 중요성을 알아보기 위해 발병률과 악성 유무에 대해 살펴보았으며, PET/CT상 악성 병변을 시사하는 소견들을 알아보았다. 대상 및 방법: $^{18}F-FDG$ PET/CT를 시행 받은 3768명의 유방암의 병력이 없는 성인 여성을 대상으로 하여 후향적 평가를 실시하였다. 국소 유방 병변은 국소 $^{18}F-FDG$ 섭취증가 병변 또는 $^{18}F-FDG$ 섭취 양상과 관계없이 관찰되는 CT상의 결절성 병변으로 정의하였다. 이들 병변의 최대 SUV, 크기, CT상 결절성 변화 유무, 감쇠값 들을 분석하고, 이를 조직확인과 영상의학적 추가검사 그리고 임상적 추적관찰을 통해 얻은 최종 진단과 비교하였다. 결과: 53명에서 58개의 병면이 발견되어, 성인 여성의 $^{18}F-FDG$ PET/CT에서 국소 유방 병변의 발병률은 1.4%였다. 이중 추가적인 검사나 충분한 임상 추적 관찰이 시행되지 않아 분석에서 5명이 제외되었다. 나머지, 48명의 53개 병면에서 8명의 11개 병변(원발성 유방암 4, 전이성 유방암 7)이 악성으로 판명되어, 악성위험도는 20.8%였다. $^{18}F-FDG$ 섭취가 없는 CT상의 결절성 병변, CT상 결절이 보이지 않는 국소 $^{18}F-FDG$ 섭취증가 병변, 최대 감쇠값이 75 HU이상인 경우 또는 30 미만인 병변, 그리고 감쇠값의 표준 편차가 20 이상인 병변은 모두 양성으로 판명되었다. 최대 SUV만으로 악성 여부를 예측하는 경우 수신자판단특성 곡선의 곡선아래 면적은 0.580이었으나, 위에 언급한PET/CT소견을 보이는 유방병변들을 최대 SUV 관계없이 양성으로 판정하면, 곡선아래 면적이 0.768로 유의하게 증가하였다(p<0.05). 결론: 성인여성에서 $^{18}F-FDG$ PET/CT 시행시에 우연히 발견된 국소 유방 병변은 비교적 높은 악성 위험도를 갖고 있으므로 추가적인 진단적 검사가 요구된다. 특히, PET/CT의 CT 영상의 결절성병변 유무와 감쇠 양상을 고려하면, 악성 유방 병변에 대한 고위험 환자군을 선별하는 데 도움이 될 것으로 보인다.

• 대한세포병리학회지
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.127-131
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• 1999

Among total 108 cases of biopsy-proven fibroadenomas of the breast which obtained from the files of the Asan Medical Center during one year period from October 1998 to September 1999, 23 cases cytologically diagnosed as high risk group were reviewed to retrieve the mis-loading factors. Initial cytologic diagnoses of 23 cases were proliferative breast lesion with atypia(high risk) on 21 cases(91.3%) and papillary neoplasm in 2 cases(8.7%). When we reanalysed 23 cases by Masood scoring system, they were classified as one non-proliferative breast lesion(4.3%), 16 proliferative breast lesions without atypia (69.6%), and 6 proilferative breast lesions with atypia(25.1%). None were subject to the category of carcinoma. Cytologic features loading to the overdiagnosis of high grade epithelial lesions were as follows; cellular dissociation without nuclear atypia, nuclear pleomorphism, anisonucleosis, and occasional macronucleoli without nuclear enlargement, lack of myxoid stroma, and few naked stromal cells. To avoid cytologic overdiagnosis of fibroadenoma, mild to moderate nuclear pieomorphism without nuclear enlargement and cellular dissociation without nuclear atypia should not be regarded as criteria of high risk group.

• Korean Journal of Radiology
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• 제21권5호
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• pp.550-560
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• 2020

Objective: To evaluate the interobserver agreement, diagnostic value, and associated clinical factors of automated breast ultrasound (ABUS) coronal features in differentiating breast lesions. Materials and Methods: This study enrolled 457 pathologically confirmed lesions in 387 female (age, 46.4 ± 10.3 years), including 377 masses and 80 non-mass lesions (NMLs). The unique coronal features, including retraction phenomenon, hyper- or hypoechoic rim (continuous or discontinuous), skipping sign, and white wall sign, were defined and recorded. The interobserver agreement on image type and coronal features was evaluated. Furthermore, clinical factors, including the lesion size, distance to the nipple or skin, palpability, and the histological grade were analyzed. Results: Among the 457 lesions, 296 were malignant and 161 were benign. The overall interobserver agreement for image type and all coronal features was moderate to good. For masses, the retraction phenomenon was significantly associated with malignancies (p < 0.001) and more frequently presented in small and superficial invasive carcinomas with a low histological grade (p = 0.027, 0.002, and < 0.001, respectively). Furthermore, continuous hyper- or hypoechoic rims were predictive of benign masses (p < 0.001), whereas discontinuous rims were predictive of malignancies (p < 0.001). A hyperechoic rim was more commonly detected in masses more distant from the nipple (p = 0.027), and a hypoechoic rim was more frequently found in large superficial masses (p < 0.001 for both). For NMLs, the skipping sign was a predictor of malignancies (p = 0.040). Conclusion: The coronal plane of ABUS may provide useful diagnostic value for breast lesions.