Open AccessUsefulness of 3-Dimensional-Printed Breast Surgical Guides for Undetectable Ductal Carcinoma In Situ on Ultrasonography: A Report of 2 Cases
Author(s) -
Zhenyu Wu,
Young Joo Lee,
Young Bin Shin,
Soojeong Choi,
Soo Yeon Baek,
Jung Whan Chun,
Loai Albinsaad,
Woo Jung Choi,
Namkug Kim,
BeomSeok Ko
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of breast cancer/journal of breast cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1
H-Index - 36
eISSN - 2092-9900
pISSN - 1738-6756
DOI - 10.4048/jbc.2021.24.e14
Subject(s) - medicine , ductal carcinoma , ultrasonography , breast cancer , in situ , radiology , invasive ductal carcinoma , surgical excision , cancer , physics , meteorology
Tumor localization is challenging in the context of ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) treated with breast-conserving surgery. Conventional localization methods are generally performed under the guidance of ultrasonography or mammography and are rarely performed with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), which is more sensitive than the aforementioned modalities in detecting DCIS. Here, we report the application of MRI-based individualized 3-dimensional (3D)-printed breast surgical guides (BSGs) for patients with breast cancer. We successfully resected indeterminate and suspicious lesions that were only detected using preoperative MRI, and the final histopathologic results confirmed DCIS with clear resection margins. MRI guidance combined with 3D-printed BSGs can be used for DCIS localization, especially for lesions easily detectable using MRI only.