Laura Paul Ferrer MD, Presenter: Nothing to Disclose

Neus Torra, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

Elsa Perez MD, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

Josep Pont MD, PhD, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

Nicolas Romero Florez MD, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

Salvador Pedraza MD, PhD, Abstract Co-Author: Research Consultant, H. Lundbeck A/S

Francesc Tuca Rodriguez, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

Amparo Villar, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

To describe the most common mammographic, sonographic and MRI findings of mucinous tumours of the breast. To show the intimate relation between the radiological features and the underlying histological composition of these lesions through a bibliographic revision and a retrospective study of cases diagnosed in our centre between 2009-2013

Mucinous or colloid carcinoma is a distinct histological subtype of infiltrating carcinoma, which represents 7% of total breast cancers and typically affects postmenopausal women being the prevalence of 7% in women aged over 75 and near 1% of women under 35 years old. Those are slow-growing tumors with with lower taxes of axillary metastases and a better prognosis than the ill-defined histological subtype Mucinous carcinoma lesions typically present small size- rounded shape cells surrounded by a variable amount of mucin. In relation to the percentage of mucin there are two histological forms that we can consider: "Pure" and "Mixt" form. A good knowledge about the most common radiological findings, the correlation between the different tecniques and a good understanding of the underlying histological features could allow us to assess the degree of aggressiveness related with the mucin content of the different lesions and to predict the behaviour of this lesions      

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Paul Ferrer, L, Torra, N, Perez, E, Pont, J, Romero Florez, N, Pedraza, S, Tuca Rodriguez, F, Villar, A, Mucinous Breast Carcinoma: Mammographic, Sonographic and MRI Findings and its Histological Correlation.  Radiological Society of North America 2014 Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting, - ,Chicago IL. http://archive.rsna.org/2014/14019271.html