DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2302030360
Screening-detected Breast Cancer in a Man with BRCA2 Mutation: Case Report1
R. James Brenner, MD,
Jeffrey N. Weitzel, MD,
Nora Hansen, MD and
Peter Boasberg, MD
1 From the Eisenberg Keefer Breast Center (R.J.B.), Department of Surgical Oncology (N.H.), and Department of Medical Oncology (P.B.), John Wayne Cancer Institute, Saint Johns Health Center, 1328 22nd St, Santa Monica, CA 90404; Department of Radiologic Science, UCLA-Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, Calif (R.J.B.); and Department of Clinical Cancer Genetics, City of Hope Cancer Center, Duarte, Calif (J.N.W.). Received February 28, 2003; revision requested May 7; revision received June 10; accepted July 23. Address correspondence to R.J.B. (e-mail: james.brenner@stjohns.org).
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Figure a. (a) Mediolateral oblique and (b) craniocaudal views of left breast on baseline mammograms (right) obtained at the time of right breast mastectomy and on second annual screening follow-up mammograms (left). Black arrow points to a new lobulated mass, which represented nonpalpable carcinoma, at the 6-o’clock position. White arrows point to noncancerous lymph nodes, which were unchanged between the two examinations.
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Figure b. (a) Mediolateral oblique and (b) craniocaudal views of left breast on baseline mammograms (right) obtained at the time of right breast mastectomy and on second annual screening follow-up mammograms (left). Black arrow points to a new lobulated mass, which represented nonpalpable carcinoma, at the 6-o’clock position. White arrows point to noncancerous lymph nodes, which were unchanged between the two examinations.
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Copyright © 2004 by the Radiological Society of North America.
