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A 41-year-old Japanese woman had an extensive area of ductal carcinoma in situ in her right breast. Its irregular shape made it difficult to mark accurately with ultrasound alone.
The surgical team used contrast-enhanced CT images together with a device that visualized superficial breast veins. By matching the relationship between the veins and the cancer on imaging, the team projected the expected extent of the lesion onto the skin before surgery.
The breast lesion was then surgically removed. Postoperative pathology confirmed ductal carcinoma in situ, and the extent of disease in the removed tissue closely matched what had been predicted on the preoperative images.
This is a lay summary of an account first published by PMC / PubMed Central. Read the original in full
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