Aggressive metaplastic carcinoma of the breast with osteoclastic giant cells

Kathleen Khong; Yanhong Zhang; Mary Tomic; Karen K Lindfors; Shadi Aminololama-Shakeri

doi:10.3941/jrcr.v9i9.2357

Aggressive metaplastic carcinoma of the breast with osteoclastic giant cells

Kathleen Khong, Yanhong Zhang, Mary Tomic, Karen K Lindfors, Shadi Aminololama-Shakeri

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Abstract

Metaplastic carcinoma of the breast is an uncommon type of malignancy that is aggressive but can mimic other benign breast neoplastic processes on imaging. We present a case of a young female patient who presented with a rapidly progressing metaplastic carcinoma with osteoclastic giant cells subtype. There have been only very rare published reports of this pathologic subtype of metaplastic carcinoma containing osteoclastic giant cells.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	11-19
Number of pages	9
Journal	Journal of Radiology Case Reports
Volume	9
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3941/jrcr.v9i9.2357
State	Published - Sep 1 2015

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Keywords

Breast
Breast magnetic resonance imaging
Breast ultrasound
Mammography
Metaplastic breast cancer
Osteoclastic giant cells

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging

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Khong, K., Zhang, Y., Tomic, M., Lindfors, K. K., & Aminololama-Shakeri, S. (2015). Aggressive metaplastic carcinoma of the breast with osteoclastic giant cells. Journal of Radiology Case Reports, 9(9), 11-19. https://doi.org/10.3941/jrcr.v9i9.2357

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