| Print Date: | May 25, 2013, 9:41 am |
| Title | Mammogram, synchronous contralateral breast cancer |
| Text | Although it has been long recognized that several sites of breast cancer may develop within the same breast, synchronous contralateral infiltrating breast cancer is an unusual occurrence noted in only 1-2% of individuals presenting with a primary infiltrating breast cancer. Multifocal breast cancer is defined as separate foci of cancer in the same quadrant as the index cancer, where as muliticentric disease refers to a second focus of cancer in a quadrant (usually the same breast) remote from the index cancer. Synchronous contralateral breast cancer is usually not present when mulitfocal cancer is present in one breast. |
| References: | Helvie, ACR syllabus (Third Series) 2000, p.185 |
| Contributor | Stephen John Buetow (National Capital Consortium) |
| Peer Reviewer | Claudia E Galbo (Uniformed Services University) |
| Record Number | : 3625 |
| Created | 2002-02-07 12:37:32-05 |
| Modified | 2002-08-18 13:06:37-04 |
| Category: | Neoplasm, carcinoma |
| Location: | Breast and Mammography |
| Sublocation: | None Selected |
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