Radial scars and complex sclerosing lesions of the breast: prevalence of malignancy and natural history under active surveillance

E Kraft, JN Limberg, K Dodelzon, LA Newman… - Annals of surgical …, 2021 - Springer
Background When needle core biopsies (NCBs) of the breast reveal radial scar or complex
sclerosing lesions (RSLs), excision is often recommended despite a low risk of malignancy in …

Radial Scar: a management dilemma

CML Trombadori, A D'Angelo, F Ferrara, A Santoro… - La radiologia …, 2021 - Springer
Radial scar (RS) or complex sclerosing lesions (CSL) if > 10 mm is a benign lesion with an
increasing incidence of diagnosis (ranging from 0.6 to 3.7%) and represents a challenge both …

[HTML][HTML] Radial scars without atypia diagnosed at percutaneous core needle breast biopsy: support for imaging surveillance

DS Polat, SJ Seiler, J Goldberg, R Arya… - European Journal of …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
… A radial scar (RS), also known as a radial sclerosing lesion or complex sclerosing lesion
when larger than 1 cm, is a proliferative, low-risk breast lesion characterized histologically by a …

Radial Scars on Screening Digital Breast Tomosynthesis: Upstaging Rates and Management Strategies

C Crowley, M Bahl - American Journal of Roentgenology, 2024 - Am Roentgen Ray Soc
… in radial scars associated with ADH than in radial scars associated … surveillance of radial
scars that are not excised. In the present study, 35.5% of radial scars managed by surveillance

Radial scars/complex sclerosing lesions and malignancy in a screening programme: incidence and histological features revisited

EM Doyle, N Banville, CM Quinn, F Flanagan… - …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
… The term ‘radial scar’ refers to lesions up to 10 mm in size, whereas complex ‘sclerosing …
RS and the core biopsy is benign, mammographic surveillance is appropriate. As our policy is to …

Radial scars/complex sclerosing lesions of the breast: radiologic and clinicopathologic correlation

SM Ha, JH Cha, HJ Shin, EY Chae, WJ Choi… - BMC Medical …, 2018 - Springer
… We investigated the radiologic and clinical findings of radial scar and complex sclerosing …
of radial scars and their coexistence with breast cancer and other high risk lesions. Radial scar

Radial scar appearances on contrast‐enhanced mammography

WE Pienaar, DB Taylor, E Wylie - Journal of Medical Imaging …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
… The management of radial scars remains challenging due to … a core biopsy diagnosis of
radial scar since the introduction of … in triaging selected radial scars to active surveillance rather …

Radial scars: to excise or not to excise?

A Moorhead, JE Murray, AM Gilchrist - Breast Cancer Research, 2008 - Springer
surveillance. The primary objective was to assess the value of ultrasound as an adjunct to
mammography in surveillance … as a result of radiological surveillance invite were investigated …

ASO Author reflections:“High-Risk” lesions of the breast: Low risk of cancer, high risk of overtreatment

JL Marti - Annals of Surgical Oncology, 2021 - Springer
… Another 50 patients chose a program of active surveillance as an alternative to immediate …
is the first report on the behavior of radial scars under active surveillance. Taken together, the …

Selective surgical excision of high-risk lesions

S Warwar, S Kulkarni - Surgery, 2023 - Elsevier
… can be safely managed with active surveillance. Active surveillance includes diagnostic
imaging of … would like to acknowledge Dr David Schacht for providing the image of a radial scar. …