RT - European Journal of Gynaecological Oncology ID - 10.12892/ejgo25012014 T1 - Management of breast lobular carcinoma in situ: radio-pathological correlation, clinical implications, and follow-up A1 - G. Capobianco A1 - L. Simbula A1 - D. Soro A1 - F. Meloni A1 - P. Cossu-Rocca A1 - S. Dessole A1 - G. Ambrosini A1 - P.L. Cherchi A1 - G.B. Meloni K1 - Lobular carcinoma in situ (LCIS); Breast cancer; Follow-up; Lobular intraepithelial neoplasia (LIN); Management. YR - 2014 SP - 157 AB -

Purpose of investigation: to show management of patients with breast lobular carcinoma in situ (LCIS). Materials and Methods: This study is the retrospective review of 65 patients, between 1996 and 2012, with isolated LCIS of the breast, evaluated through clinical examination, ultrasound, and mammography at the first examination and follow-up. Results: In 53 patients (81.54%), clinical examination was negative. In 14/65 (21.54%) cases, ultrasound was positive and led to biopsy. The clusters of tiny calcifications were the predominant mammographic pattern (45 cases, 69.23%). Forty-six patients (70.77%) underwent surgical biopsy after guided stereotactic placement of metallic marker (hook-wire), 12 (18.46%) by stereotactic vacuum biopsy (SVB), 5 (7.69%) by core needle biopsy (CNB) under ultrasound guidance, two (3.08%) patients CNB with clinically palpable nodules. Fourteen (21.54%) women underwent a quadrantectomy or total mastectomy after the first diagnosis; in this latter group follow-up was negative. Among the 51 patients (78.46%) who did not undergo quadrantectomy or total mastectomy, five relapses occurred, respectively, three LCIS and two infiltrating ductal carcinomas (IDC). Follow-up ranged from 12 to 144 months. Conclusion: LCIS is a risk factor for invasive carcinoma and should be managed with careful follow-up, but if there is a discrepancy between pathology and imaging, surgical excision is mandatory.