Table 2 Upgrades at follow-up surgical excision of intraductal papilloma without atypia diagnosed at core needle biopsy.

From: Papillary neoplasms of the breast including upgrade rates and management of intraductal papilloma without atypia diagnosed at core needle biopsy

Author, ref.

CNBs

Radiology–pathology concordance assessed

Carcinoma at excision (%)

Factors associated with upgrade

Atypical lesions at EXC (%) [type of atypia]

Recommendation [comments]

All carcinomas (%)

Invasive (%) [type of carcinoma]

DCIS (%) [type of carcinoma]

Concordance of cases with upgrade

Bennet et al. [45]

45

YES

0

0

0

Not applicable

NS

NS

No EXCISION

Chang et al. [27]

100

YES

4 (4%)

1 (1%)

3 (3%)

[two DCIS in IDP; one DCIS]

Two of four cases discordant

Size >1.5 cm

13 (13%)

[13 atypical IDP or ADH near IDP]

No EXCISION

Chang et al. [26]

64

YES

0

0

2 (3.1%)

[two papillary DCIS]

NS

NS

7 (6.1%)

[seven atypical IDPs]

No EXCISION

Cyr et al. [24]

82

NS

8 (9.7%)

3 (3.6%)

[two invasive carcinomas; one IPC]

5 (6%)

One of eight cases discordant

None

10 (12.2%)

[six ADH, four ALH/LCIS]

EXCISION

Fu et al. [20]

203

NS

12 (5.9%)

0

12 (5.9%)

NS

Peripheral location

41 (20.2%)

EXCISION

Rizzo et al. [21]

234

NS

21 (8.9%)

2 (0.8%)

19 (8.1%)

NS

Older age

42 (17.9%)

[42 ADH]

EXCISION

Li et al. [28]

370

NS

7 (2%)

1 (0.3%)

6 (1.6%)

[five DCIS and one P-LCIS]

NS

Calcifications

55 (14.8%)

[48 ADH, 7 ALH/LCIS]

No EXCISION

Swapp et al. [29]

77

YES

0

0

0

Not applicable

None

NS

No EXCISION

Foley et al. [22]

146

NS

7 (4.7%)

NS

NS

NS

Older age

25 (17%)

EXCISION

Glenn et al. [23]

146

NS

7 (4.7%)

NS

NS

NS

Older age

25 (17%)

EXCISION

Nakhlis et al. [30]

45

YES

3 (6.7%)

1 (2.2%)

2 (4.4%)

Three of three cases discordant

Palpable mass

NS

No EXCISION

Pareja et al. [31]

171

YES

4 (2.3%)

2 (1.1%)

2 (1.1%)

[one DCIS in IDP; one DCIS]

NS

Synchronous carcinoma

31 (18.1%)

[19 ADH, 11 ALH/LCIS, 1 FEA]

No EXCISION

Hong et al. [32]

234

YES

14 (6%)

5 (2%)

9 (4%)

NS

Age >54 years (OR = 4.351); size >1 cm

(OR = 4.236)

NS

No EXCISION [if age <54 years and size <1 cm]

Kim et al. [33]

141

YES

6 (4.25%)

2 (1.4%)

4 (2.8%)

Two of six cases discordant

(No upgrades for IDP confirmed with IHC)

9 (6.3%)

[eight ADH, one LCIS]

No EXCISION

Han et al. [34]

383

YES

3 (0.8%)

0

3 (0.8%)

NS

Clinical symptoms; concurrent contralateral carcinoma; multifocality

17 (4.4%)

[ten ADH, seven ALH/LCIS]

No EXCISION

Ahn et al. [35]

250

NS

17 (6.8%)

6 (2.4%)

11 (4.4%)

NS

Bloody discharge; peripheral location;palpable mass; size ≥15 mm; BI-RADS ≥ 4b

27 (10.4%)

[27 ADH]

No EXCISION

Grimm et al. [42]

136

YES

0

0

0

Not applicable

None

NS

No EXCISION

Kuehner et al. [36]

327

NS

19 (5.8%)

8 (2.4%)

[three IPCs; five invasive carcinomas]

11 (3.4%)

[seven DCIS, four “papillary carcinomas”]

NS

Age >50 years; size >1 cm; peripheral location; palpable mass

31 (9.5%)

[4.9% ADH, 2.1% ALH/LCIS, 2.5% atypical IDPs]

No EXCISION [excision and surveillance are equivalent]

MacColl et al. [37]

180

NS

17 (9.4%)

5 (2.7%)

12 (6.6%)

[one EPC; two papillary DCIS; one papillary/micropapillary DCIS; eight DCIS]

NS

Older age; size >0.5 cm; calcifications

3 (1.6%)

[three LCIS]

No EXCISION

Choi et al. [38]

206 removed by EXC

NS

4 (1.9%)

0

4 (1.9%)

NS

NS

17 (8%)

[12 ADH, 4 ALH, 1 FEA]

No EXCISION [favor US-VAB removal or US follow-up]

233 removed by US-VAB

 

5 (2.1%)

1 (0.4%)

4 (1.7%)

NS

6 (1.9%) [four ADH, one ALH, one FEA]

Chen et al. [25]

206

YES

8 (3.9%)

0

8 (3.9%)

Eight of eight cases concordant

NS

16 (7.8%)

[nine ADH, seven ALH/LCIS]

EXCISION

Yu et al. [40]

50

YES

2 (4%)

0

2 (4%)

Two of two cases discordant

Older age; large size; peripheral location

NS

No EXCISION [for younger patients with small central IDPs]

Moynihan et al. [43]

124

NS

3 (2.4%)

0

3 (2.4%)

NS

NS

15 (12.1%)

No EXCISION

Genco et al. [44]

26

NS

2 (1.6%)

0

2 (1.6%)

NS

Size >1 cm

14 (11.1%)

[eight ADH, six ALH/LCIS]

No EXCISION

  1. CNB core needle biopsy, DCIS ductal carcinoma in situ, EXC  surgical excision, NS  not specified, IDP  intraductal papilloma, IPC   invasive papillary carcinoma (not further specified), ADH  atypical ductal hyperplasia, ALH  atypical lobular hyperplasia, LCIS   lobular carcinoma in situ, FEA  flat epithelial atypia, P-LCIS  pleomorphic lobular carcinoma in situ, Ca2 + calcifications, OR   odds ratio, IHC  immunohistochemistry, EPC  encapsulated papillary carcinoma, US-VAB  ultrasound vacuum-assisted biopsy, US ultrasound.