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Breast adenoid cystic carcinoma: report of a case with emphasis on routine sonographic findings and shear wave elastography

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Adenoid cystic carcinoma (ACC) of the breast is a rare malignant tumor. Its sonographic characteristics have been described in some reports, but there are few such reports available that describe the sonoelastographic findings of this tumor and provide additional information about the nature of the lesion. In this case report, we describe the routine sonographic findings and shear wave elastography findings of a breast adenoid cystic carcinoma in a 53-year-old woman.

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Acknowledgements

This study was supported by grants from the Education Agency of Zhejiang Province, People’s Republic of China (No. Y201534607).

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  1. Department of Ultrasound, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University, #79 Qingchun Road, Hangzhou, 310003, Zhejiang, China

    Min Huang, Tian’an Jiang, Qiyu Zhao & Baohua Wang

  2. Department of Pathology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

    Qihan You

  3. State Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310003, China

    Guo Tian

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Huang, M., Jiang, T., Zhao, Q. et al. Breast adenoid cystic carcinoma: report of a case with emphasis on routine sonographic findings and shear wave elastography. J Med Ultrasonics 45, 181–184 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10396-017-0786-5

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