劉利民 張韻華 夏罕生 俞清 張暉
(復旦大學附屬中山醫(yī)院超聲科,上海 200032)
乳腺浸潤性微乳頭狀癌超聲表現(xiàn)
劉利民 張韻華 夏罕生 俞清 張暉
(復旦大學附屬中山醫(yī)院超聲科,上海 200032)
目的:探討乳腺浸潤性微乳頭狀癌超聲聲像圖的特點。方法:回顧分析10例經(jīng)病理證實的乳腺浸潤性微乳頭癌的超聲圖像資料。結果:10例乳腺浸潤性微乳頭狀癌的最大徑為15~44 mm,平均28 mm;其超聲表現(xiàn)呈不規(guī)則形(90%)或卵圓形(10%);邊界模糊(80%)或清晰(20%);10例腫塊內(nèi)均為不均質低或稍低回聲,60%瘤內(nèi)見微小鈣化灶;血供中等(80%)或少量(20%),阻力指數(shù)0.62~0.77,平均0.71;超聲彈性成像中3個(50%)腫塊評分為4分,3個(50%)腫塊評分為2~3分。80%病灶超聲診斷為乳腺惡性腫瘤,20%被誤診為乳腺病。超聲診斷同側腋窩淋巴結癌轉移的敏感性、特異性、陽性預測值、陰性預測值及準確性分別為100%、83%、80%、100%和90%。結論:乳腺浸潤性微乳頭狀癌的典型超聲表現(xiàn)為形態(tài)不規(guī)則、邊界模糊、不均勻低或稍低回聲。浸潤性微乳頭狀癌不伴鈣化時容易被誤診為乳腺病。超聲對腋窩淋巴結癌轉移的診斷有較高價值。
乳腺; 浸潤性微乳頭狀癌; 超聲檢查
乳腺浸潤性微乳頭狀癌(invasive micropapillary carcinoma,IMPC)是一種特殊類型的乳腺上皮性惡性腫瘤,以往被認為是乳腺浸潤性導管癌的一種亞型,它占所有乳腺癌的3%~6%。病理形態(tài)學特殊,易發(fā)生淋巴管侵犯及淋巴結轉移,預后差[1]。本文分析了10例乳腺IMPC的超聲表現(xiàn),報告如下。
2004年1月—2011年4月經(jīng)手術后病理證實的乳腺IMPC患者10例,均為女性;年齡38~72歲,平均年齡55歲。
仔細檢查雙側乳腺,了解乳腺組織有無增生、導管有無擴張以及有無局灶占位性病變。了解局灶占位性病變大小、個數(shù)、邊界、形態(tài)、內(nèi)部回聲、內(nèi)部有無無回聲區(qū),有無鈣化以及后方回聲表現(xiàn)等。10例患者均行彩色超聲檢查,了解腫瘤血供并測量腫瘤血管阻力指數(shù)(resistive index,RI),血流分級采用 Adler半定量法[2]。檢查雙側腋窩淋巴結,了解淋巴結大小、回聲及血供等。6例患者行彈性超聲成像,在獲得較穩(wěn)定的彈性圖像后,采用5分法[3]對圖像進行評分。
10例IMPC腫塊最大直徑15~44 mm,平均28 mm。6例位于右側乳腺,4例位于左側乳腺。其病理類型為IMPC 5例,其中2例同時伴癌栓及同側腋窩淋巴結轉移;IMPC伴浸潤性導管癌5例,其中1例伴癌栓,1例伴同側腋窩淋巴結轉移,1例同時伴癌栓及同側腋窩淋巴結轉移。
形態(tài):不規(guī)則形9例,卵圓形1例;邊界:邊界模糊8例,邊界清晰2例。內(nèi)部回聲:10例均為低或稍低不均質回聲,6例內(nèi)部有微小鈣化(圖1)。10例患者行彩色超聲檢查,8例為Ⅱ級血供,2例為Ⅰ級血供。RI 0.62~0.77,平均0.71。10例同側腋窩均可見多個高低不均回聲淋巴結,其中4例還可見低回聲淋巴結,大小10~35 mm,內(nèi)見彩色血流,RI為0.50~0.72,平均0.63。6例乳腺腫塊行彈性超聲成像檢查,彈性評分為4分:3個,3分:1個,2分:2個。
圖1 乳腺浸潤性微乳頭狀癌
1 0例患者中6例被診斷為乳腺惡性腫瘤,2例被診斷為乳腺早期惡性腫瘤,2例診斷為乳腺病。同側腋窩淋巴結超聲診斷與病理診斷比較見表1,超聲診斷同側腋窩淋巴結轉移的敏感性、特異性、陽性預測值、陰性預測值及準確性分別為100%、83%、80%、100%和90%。
表1 同側腋窩淋巴結超聲診斷與病理診斷比較
IMPC好發(fā)于中老年女性,患者平均年齡50~62歲,腫瘤直徑1.5~8 cm,常為實性包塊。臨床上患者主訴、發(fā)生部位、某些檢查結果等方面與非特殊性浸潤性導管癌相似[4-6]。IMPC的病理表現(xiàn):肉眼上病變呈局限性,放射狀或蟹足狀,灰白或灰黃色,質地硬或橡膠樣;顯微鏡下腫瘤細胞排列呈微乳頭狀或桑椹狀癌巢,乳頭中心可見小腺腔樣結構,但缺乏纖維血管軸心,癌巢由細網(wǎng)狀的間質分隔,癌巢與分隔帶間有明顯的中空腔隙,癌細胞呈柱狀或立方狀,有輕至中度異型性,核分裂像少見,有高度淋巴侵襲性,其淋巴管侵犯、淋巴結轉移率及淋巴結轉移個數(shù)均遠高于浸潤性導管癌[4]。
本研究對10例IMPC患者的超聲表現(xiàn)進行回顧分析,發(fā)現(xiàn)90%的腫塊形態(tài)不規(guī)則,80%的腫塊邊界模糊,100%的腫塊為不均質低或稍低回聲,60%瘤內(nèi)有微小鈣化灶,結果與Adrada[5]及Kubota[6]的報道接近。Adrada等[5]認為IMPC具有乳腺惡性腫瘤的超聲表現(xiàn),但本組資料中有2例被誤診為乳腺病,其腫塊均呈邊界模糊、回聲稍低但不伴鈣化,因此不伴鈣化的IMPC診斷時需與良性病變鑒別。文獻報道[6]有72%~77%IMPC發(fā)生淋巴管或淋巴結轉移,但本組資料其轉移率為50%,可能與患者例數(shù)較少有關。本組資料中,超聲診斷腋窩淋巴結轉移的敏感性、特異性、陽性預測值、陰性預測值及準確性分別為100%,83%,80%,100%和90%,可見超聲對腋窩淋巴結轉移的診斷有較高的價值。超聲彈性成像目前亦被應用于乳腺腫塊良惡性的判斷,一般認為腫塊彈性評分≥4分時,考慮為惡性腫瘤。盤麗娟等[3]觀察了1例IMPC的超聲彈性成像表現(xiàn),腫塊彈性評分為4分,認為IMPC的超聲彈性表現(xiàn)與乳腺浸潤性導管癌相似。本組資料中,僅50%的腫塊彈性評分為≥4分,其余50%的腫塊彈性評分≤3分,超聲彈性成像對IMPC良惡性的診斷價值有待進一步研究。
乳腺浸潤性微乳頭狀癌是比較少見的惡性腫瘤,其超聲表現(xiàn)特點為形態(tài)不規(guī)則,邊界模糊。腫瘤呈稍低回聲且不伴鈣化時,應與乳腺病鑒別,超聲對診斷腋窩淋巴結轉移有較高價值。
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Sonographic Features of Invasive Micropapillary Carcinoma of the Breast
LIU Limin ZHANG Yunhua
XIA Hansheng YU Qing ZHANG Hui Department of Diagnostic Ultrasound,Zhongshan Hospital,F(xiàn)udan University,Shanghai 200032,China
Objective:To investigate the sonograghic features of invasive micropapillary carcinoma.Methods:Ten cases of histologically proved invasive micropapillary carcinoma were reviewed.Results:The mean longest diameter of the ten cases of micropapillary carcinoma was 28 mm (range,15-44 mm).The tumor shapes were irregular(90%)or oval(10%).The tumor margins were indistinct(80%)and distinct(20%).The internal echoes were hypoechoic or slightly hypoechoic and were inhomogeneous in all tumors.Microcalcifications were visible in six tumors.Moderate vascularity were seen in eight tumors and mild vascularity in the other two tumors.The resistive index was 0.62-0.77(average 0.71).On elastography,three(50%)lesions had a score of four,and three(50%)lesions had a score of one to three.Eight masses were diagnosed as malignant tumor and two masses were misdiagnosed as mastopathy.The sensitivity,specificity,positive predictive value,negative predictive value and accuracy of axillary nodal sonography in the detection of metastasis were 100%,83%,80%,100%and 90%,respectively.Conclusions:The typical sonographic feature of invasive micropapillary carcinoma is an irregularly shaped hypoechoic or slightly hypoechoic mass with indistinct margins.It can be misdiagnosed as mastopathy when a tumor has no microcalcifications.Ultrasound is of great value for the detection of axillary nodal metastasis.
Breast; Invasive micropapillary carcinoma; Ultrasonography
R737.9
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