Sonographic, Mammographic, and Histopathologic Correlation of Symptomatic Ductal Carcinoma In Situ
Wei Tse Yang1,2 and
Gary M. K. Tse3
1 Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of
Wales Hospital, Shatin, NT, Hong Kong SAR, China.
2 Present address: Department of Diagnostic Radiology, University of Texas M. D.
Anderson Cancer Center, Unit 57, 1515 Holcombe Blvd., Houston, TX 77030.
3 Department of Anatomical and Cellular Pathology, Prince of Wales Hospital,
Shatin, NT, Hong Kong SAR, China.

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Fig. 1A. 69-year-old woman with Van Nuys group 1
[7] ductal carcinoma in situ
who presented with palpable mass. Right mediolateral oblique mammogram with
spot magnification shows irregular isodense mass with indistinct margins
(arrow).
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Fig. 1B. 69-year-old woman with Van Nuys group 1
[7] ductal carcinoma in situ
who presented with palpable mass. Sonogram of same lesion as seen in A
shows irregularly shaped hypoechoic solid mass with angular margins
(arrowheads) and no posterior acoustic phenomena.
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Fig. 2A. 73-year-old woman with Van Nuys group 1
[7] ductal carcinoma in situ
who presented with spontaneous uniorificial bloody nipple discharge. Left
galactogram with spot magnification shows poor filling and abrupt truncation
of main lactiferous duct (arrowheads). Findings on mammography (not
shown) were negative.
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Fig. 2B. 73-year-old woman with Van Nuys group 1
[7] ductal carcinoma in situ
who presented with spontaneous uniorificial bloody nipple discharge. Sonogram
of same region as in seen in A shows solid-appearing distended duct
with irregular margins (arrowheads).
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Fig. 2C. 73-year-old woman with Van Nuys group 1
[7] ductal carcinoma in situ
who presented with spontaneous uniorificial bloody nipple discharge. Color
power Doppler sonogram of same lesion as seen in B shows multiple
intralesional vessels.
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Fig. 3A. 34-year-old woman with solid-type Van Nuys group 3
[7] ductal carcinoma in situ
who presented with palpable mass. Left craniocaudal mammogram with spot
magnification shows regional asymmetric opacity (arrow) with
segmental amorphous microcalcifications (arrowheads).
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Fig. 3B. 34-year-old woman with solid-type Van Nuys group 3
[7] ductal carcinoma in situ
who presented with palpable mass. Sonogram shows branching ductal pattern
involving terminal ductal lobular units (arrows) causing parenchymal
architectural distortion in left breast.
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Fig. 3C. 34-year-old woman with solid-type Van Nuys group 3
[7] ductal carcinoma in situ
who presented with palpable mass. Sonogram of same region as seen in B
in right breast shows normal parenchymal pattern.
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Fig. 4A. 40-year-old woman with solid-type Van Nuys group 3
[7] ductal carcinoma in situ
who presented with palpable mass. Left mediolateral oblique mammogram shows
clustered pleomorphic microcalcifications in segmental distribution
(arrowheads) with associated increased density (arrow).
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Fig. 4B. 40-year-old woman with solid-type Van Nuys group 3
[7] ductal carcinoma in situ
who presented with palpable mass. Sonogram shows irregularly shaped solid mass
(white arrowheads) with internal microcalcifications (black
arrowheads).
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Fig. 5A. 73-year-old woman with solid-type Van Nuys group 1
[7] ductal carcinoma in situ
who presented with palpable mass. Right craniocaudal mammogram shows ovoid
mass with microlobulated margins (arrow).
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Fig. 5B. 73-year-old woman with solid-type Van Nuys group 1
[7] ductal carcinoma in situ
who presented with palpable mass. Sonogram shows solid ovoid mass
(arrows) with microlobulated margins and posterior enhancement
(arrowheads).
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Fig. 5C. 73-year-old woman with solid-type Van Nuys group 1
[7] ductal carcinoma in situ
who presented with palpable mass. Color power Doppler sonogram shows multiple
intralesional vessels.
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Fig. 6A. 67-year-old woman with solid-type Van Nuys group 1
[7] ductal carcinoma in situ
who presented with palpable mass. Left craniocaudal mammogram shows
circumscribed round high-density mass (arrowhead).
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Fig. 6B. 67-year-old woman with solid-type Van Nuys group 1
[7] ductal carcinoma in situ
who presented with palpable mass. Sonogram corresponding to A shows
ovoid cystic mass (curved white arrowheads) with posterior
enhancement (black arrowheads) and internal fluidfluid layer
(straight white arrowhead).
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