Eleven cases of breast scirrhous carcinoma with a diameter of one centimeter or less detected by breast cancer screening

Clinical, imaging, and histopathological characteristics were examined for breast scirrhous carcinoma with diameters of 1 cm or less detected by breast cancer screening. At our institution, screening includes palpation and mammography as well as ultrasound examinations of all patients. Single lesions were discovered by mammography in 3 patients and by ultrasound in 8 patients. None of the lesions were palpable. Lesions were detected by mammography in 3 patients. However, lesions were detected by ultrasound in all patients. On ultrasound, 82% of findings showed a mass. MRI was performed for 7 patients and demonstructed all of the lesions. In these patient so diagnoses by fine needle aspiration cytology were malignant lesions or lesions suspicious of malignancy in 55% of the patients. Histopathologically, 91% were nuclear grade 1, positive for hormone receptors, and negative for HER2. Breast scirrhous carcinoma with diameters of 1 cm or less detected by breast cancer screening were mostly detected by ultrasound and showed good prognosis. (author)