Does Spiculated Mean Cancer?

Spiculated Masses
Unless it is the site of a previous biopsy, a spiculated margin is very suspicious for malignancy. Cancers appear spiculated because of direct invasion into adjacent tissue or because of a desmoplastic reaction in the surrounding breast parenchyma.

Can a Spiculated mass be benign?

Spiculated breast lesions may be caused by both benign and malignant processes, including sclerosing adenosis, postsurgical scar, radial scar, tuberculosis (rare), posttraumatic oil cysts, infiltrating ductal carcinoma, ductal carcinoma in situ (rare), infiltrating lobular carcinoma, and tubular carcinoma.

What kind of cancer is Spiculated?

Spiculation is a characteristic appearance of invasive breast cancer at mammography and a well-known criterion in the diagnosis of the disease.

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