A member asked:

For radiologist. if small complicated breast cyst (no solid mass) is cancerous could it invade nearby tissue? wouldnt this been seen on u/s?

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Dr. Saptarshi Bandyopadhyay answered

Specializes in Hospital-based practice

Quest for Oncolgy/IM: You ask a clinical question, which should probably be directed to an Oncologist or at least an Internal Medicine doctor. Ultrasound does not "see everything" & the invasion of cells into surrounding tissue is TOO SMALL to be seen by ultrasound, which produces grainy images at best. A complicated breast cyst has a solid component by definition (o/w it wd be a simple cyst). Biopsy is only way to kno

Answered 2/9/2021

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