Breast cancer - spiculated mass occult on ultrasound

Case contributed by Alexandra Stanislavsky
Diagnosis certain

Presentation

Screening mammogram

Patient Data

Gender: Female

Small spiculated mass medial left breast in the retroglandular zone.

Cropped images of the region of interest on contact mammogram (these are not the spot views), for better visualization of the spiculated lesion.

Case Discussion

Lesion was occult on ultrasound. 

Stereotactic biopsy showed invasive ductal carcinoma.

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