劉利民 張韻華 夏罕生 俞清 張暉
(復(fù)旦大學(xué)附屬中山醫(yī)院超聲科,上海 200032)
乳腺浸潤(rùn)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(fù)旦大學(xué)附屬中山醫(yī)院超聲科,上海 200032)
目的:探討乳腺浸潤(rùn)性微乳頭狀癌超聲聲像圖的特點(diǎn)。方法:回顧分析10例經(jīng)病理證實(shí)的乳腺浸潤(rùn)性微乳頭癌的超聲圖像資料。結(jié)果:10例乳腺浸潤(rùn)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(zhì)低或稍低回聲,60%瘤內(nèi)見(jiàn)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(gè)(50%)腫塊評(píng)分為4分,3個(gè)(50%)腫塊評(píng)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(cè)腋窩淋巴結(jié)癌轉(zhuǎn)移的敏感性、特異性、陽(yáng)性預(yù)測(cè)值、陰性預(yù)測(cè)值及準(zhǔn)確性分別為100%、83%、80%、100%和90%。結(jié)論:乳腺浸潤(rùn)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(rùn)性微乳頭狀癌不伴鈣化時(shí)容易被誤診為乳腺病。超聲對(duì)腋窩淋巴結(jié)癌轉(zhuǎn)移的診斷有較高價(jià)值。
乳腺; 浸潤(rùn)性微乳頭狀癌; 超聲檢查
乳腺浸潤(rùn)性微乳頭狀癌(invasive micropapillary carcinoma,IMPC)是一種特殊類(lèi)型的乳腺上皮性惡性腫瘤,以往被認(rèn)為是乳腺浸潤(rùn)性導(dǎo)管癌的一種亞型,它占所有乳腺癌的3%~6%。病理形態(tài)學(xué)特殊,易發(fā)生淋巴管侵犯及淋巴結(jié)轉(zhuǎn)移,預(yù)后差[1]。本文分析了10例乳腺I(mǎi)MPC的超聲表現(xiàn),報(bào)告如下。
2004年1月—2011年4月經(jīng)手術(shù)后病理證實(shí)的乳腺I(mǎi)MPC患者10例,均為女性;年齡38~72歲,平均年齡55歲。
仔細(xì)檢查雙側(cè)乳腺,了解乳腺組織有無(wú)增生、導(dǎo)管有無(wú)擴(kuò)張以及有無(wú)局灶占位性病變。了解局灶占位性病變大小、個(gè)數(shù)、邊界、形態(tài)、內(nèi)部回聲、內(nèi)部有無(wú)無(wú)回聲區(qū),有無(wú)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(cè)量腫瘤血管阻力指數(shù)(resistive index,RI),血流分級(jí)采用 Adler半定量法[2]。檢查雙側(cè)腋窩淋巴結(jié),了解淋巴結(jié)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(duì)圖像進(jìn)行評(píng)分。
10例IMPC腫塊最大直徑15~44 mm,平均28 mm。6例位于右側(cè)乳腺,4例位于左側(cè)乳腺。其病理類(lèi)型為IMPC 5例,其中2例同時(shí)伴癌栓及同側(cè)腋窩淋巴結(jié)轉(zhuǎn)移;IMPC伴浸潤(rùn)性導(dǎo)管癌5例,其中1例伴癌栓,1例伴同側(cè)腋窩淋巴結(jié)轉(zhuǎn)移,1例同時(shí)伴癌栓及同側(cè)腋窩淋巴結(jié)轉(zhuǎn)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(zhì)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(jí)血供,2例為Ⅰ級(jí)血供。RI 0.62~0.77,平均0.71。10例同側(cè)腋窩均可見(jiàn)多個(gè)高低不均回聲淋巴結(jié),其中4例還可見(jiàn)低回聲淋巴結(jié),大小10~35 mm,內(nèi)見(jiàn)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(píng)分為4分:3個(gè),3分:1個(gè),2分:2個(gè)。

圖1 乳腺浸潤(rùn)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(cè)腋窩淋巴結(jié)超聲診斷與病理診斷比較見(jiàn)表1,超聲診斷同側(cè)腋窩淋巴結(jié)轉(zhuǎn)移的敏感性、特異性、陽(yáng)性預(yù)測(cè)值、陰性預(yù)測(cè)值及準(zhǔn)確性分別為100%、83%、80%、100%和90%。

表1 同側(cè)腋窩淋巴結(jié)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(shí)性包塊。臨床上患者主訴、發(fā)生部位、某些檢查結(jié)果等方面與非特殊性浸潤(rùn)性導(dǎo)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(zhì)地硬或橡膠樣;顯微鏡下腫瘤細(xì)胞排列呈微乳頭狀或桑椹狀癌巢,乳頭中心可見(jiàn)小腺腔樣結(jié)構(gòu),但缺乏纖維血管軸心,癌巢由細(xì)網(wǎng)狀的間質(zhì)分隔,癌巢與分隔帶間有明顯的中空腔隙,癌細(xì)胞呈柱狀或立方狀,有輕至中度異型性,核分裂像少見(jiàn),有高度淋巴侵襲性,其淋巴管侵犯、淋巴結(jié)轉(zhuǎn)移率及淋巴結(jié)轉(zhuǎn)移個(gè)數(shù)均遠(yuǎn)高于浸潤(rùn)性導(dǎo)管癌[4]。
本研究對(duì)10例IMPC患者的超聲表現(xiàn)進(jìn)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(zhì)低或稍低回聲,60%瘤內(nèi)有微小鈣化灶,結(jié)果與Adrada[5]及Kubota[6]的報(bào)道接近。Adrada等[5]認(rèn)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(shí)需與良性病變鑒別。文獻(xiàn)報(bào)道[6]有72%~77%IMPC發(fā)生淋巴管或淋巴結(jié)轉(zhuǎn)移,但本組資料其轉(zhuǎn)移率為50%,可能與患者例數(shù)較少有關(guān)。本組資料中,超聲診斷腋窩淋巴結(jié)轉(zhuǎn)移的敏感性、特異性、陽(yáng)性預(yù)測(cè)值、陰性預(yù)測(cè)值及準(zhǔn)確性分別為100%,83%,80%,100%和90%,可見(jiàn)超聲對(duì)腋窩淋巴結(jié)轉(zhuǎn)移的診斷有較高的價(jià)值。超聲彈性成像目前亦被應(yīng)用于乳腺腫塊良惡性的判斷,一般認(rèn)為腫塊彈性評(píng)分≥4分時(shí),考慮為惡性腫瘤。盤(pán)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(píng)分為4分,認(rèn)為IMPC的超聲彈性表現(xiàn)與乳腺浸潤(rùn)性導(dǎo)管癌相似。本組資料中,僅50%的腫塊彈性評(píng)分為≥4分,其余50%的腫塊彈性評(píng)分≤3分,超聲彈性成像對(duì)IMPC良惡性的診斷價(jià)值有待進(jìn)一步研究。
乳腺浸潤(rùn)性微乳頭狀癌是比較少見(jiàn)的惡性腫瘤,其超聲表現(xiàn)特點(diǎn)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(shí),應(yīng)與乳腺病鑒別,超聲對(duì)診斷腋窩淋巴結(jié)轉(zhuǎn)移有較高價(jià)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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