Imaging-Guided Core Needle Biopsy of Papillary Lesions of the Breast
Eric L. Rosen1,
Rex C. Bentley2,
Jay A. Baker1 and
Mary Scott Soo1
1 Department of Radiology, Breast Imaging Division, Duke University Medical
Center, Box 3808, Durham, NC 27710.
2 Department of Pathology, Diagnostic Pathology Division, Duke University
Medical Center, Box 3712, Durham, NC 27710.

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Fig. 1A. 69-year-old woman with false-positive diagnosis at core
needle biopsy. Medial lateral oblique mammogram shows oval mass
(arrows) in subareolar breast.
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Fig. 1B. 69-year-old woman with false-positive diagnosis at core
needle biopsy. Sonogram reveals complex cystic mass (arrow) with
solid component.
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Fig. 1C. 69-year-old woman with false-positive diagnosis at core
needle biopsy. Sonogram shows core needle biopsy performed through solid
component using sonographic guidance. Note biopsy needle traversing
lesion.
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Fig. 1D. 69-year-old woman with false-positive diagnosis at core
needle biopsy. Photograph of histologic specimen obtained at core needle
biopsy shows irregular infiltrative-appearing small glands in desmoplastic
stroma, interpreted initially as invasive ductal adenocarcinoma. Subsequent
excision of this lesion revealed only benign intraductal papilloma with
extensive sclerosis. (H and E, x200)
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Fig. 1E. 69-year-old woman with false-positive diagnosis at core
needle biopsy. Photograph of immunoperoxidase stain on histologic specimen
obtained at core needle biopsy shows circumferential staining around all
glands, confirming presence of myoepithelial cell layer. Diagnosis was changed
to benign intraductal papilloma. (x400)
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Fig. 2A. 68-year-old woman diagnosed with papillary carcinoma in situ
at core needle biopsy and confirmed at excisional biopsy. Coned image of
craniocaudal mammogram shows irregular mass with ill-defined margins and
pleomorphic microcalcifications.
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Fig. 2B. 68-year-old woman diagnosed with papillary carcinoma in situ
at core needle biopsy and confirmed at excisional biopsy. Stereotactic
mammograms taken after firing biopsy gun and before biopsy confirm proper
positioning of 11-gauge vacuum-assisted biopsy needle.
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Fig. 2C. 68-year-old woman diagnosed with papillary carcinoma in situ
at core needle biopsy and confirmed at excisional biopsy. Photograph of
histologic specimen obtained at core needle biopsy shows well-developed
cribriform architecture in epithelial component of papillary lesion,
diagnostic for papillary carcinoma in situ. (H and E, x100)
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Fig. 3A. 65-year-old woman with atypical papilloma found at core
needle biopsy that was upgraded to papillary carcinoma in situ at excisional
biopsy. Spot compression magnification mammogram shows clustered amorphous
microcalcifications in focally dense breast parenchyma.
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Fig. 3B. 65-year-old woman with atypical papilloma found at core
needle biopsy that was upgraded to papillary carcinoma in situ at excisional
biopsy. Photograph of histologic specimen obtained at core needle biopsy shows
atypical epithelial proliferation involving only part of biopsy (right half of
field) specimen, leading to diagnosis of atypical papilloma. (H and E,
x40)
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Fig. 3C. 65-year-old woman with atypical papilloma found at core
needle biopsy that was upgraded to papillary carcinoma in situ at excisional
biopsy. Photograph of histologic specimen obtained at excisional biopsy
reveals papillary carcinoma in situ. (H and E, x100)
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Fig. 4A. 39-year-old woman with benign papilloma revealed at core
needle biopsy that was upgraded to atypical papilloma at excisional biopsy.
Spot compression mammogram reveals oval mass with mostly circumscribed margins
in inferior subareolar breast.
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Fig. 4B. 39-year-old woman with benign papilloma revealed at core
needle biopsy that was upgraded to atypical papilloma at excisional biopsy.
Sonogram shows solid oval mass with ill-defined margins.
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Fig. 4C. 39-year-old woman with benign papilloma revealed at core
needle biopsy that was upgraded to atypical papilloma at excisional biopsy.
Photograph of histologic specimen obtained at core needle biopsy shows
well-developed papillary architecture. (H and E, x40)
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Fig. 4D. 39-year-old woman with benign papilloma revealed at core
needle biopsy that was upgraded to atypical papilloma at excisional biopsy.
Photograph of histologic specimen from excisional biopsy shows intraductal
papilloma with atypia. Punched-out spaces and monotonous cytology are shown in
this high-power view. Elsewhere on specimen, papilloma shows only epithelial
hyperplasia. Because atypical area is only focal, diagnosis is atypical
papilloma. (H and E, x100)
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