Imaging modalities used in mammary fibromatosis

Autor: Avinash Deshwal, MBBCh BAO, Tessa Walton, MBChB, Manvydas Varzgalis, MD, MCh, FEBS, Katherine McGowan, MBBCh, FFR RCSI, Gerard O'Dowd, MBBCh
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: Radiology Case Reports, Vol 18, Iss 5, Pp 1949-1953 (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1930-0433
DOI: 10.1016/j.radcr.2023.02.019
Popis: Mammary fibromatosis is a rare neoplastic proliferation of fibroblastic cells. Usually seen in abdominal and extra-abdominal sites, it is rarely seen in the breast. Patients with mammary fibromatosis usually present with a firm palpable mass with or without dimpling and skin retraction–often mimicking breast carcinoma. Here, we present a case of mammary fibromatosis in a 49-year-old woman who presented with a palpable lump in her right breast. Mammography tomosynthesis revealed architectural distortion which was seen on ultrasonography as a hypoechoic area. The patient underwent a wire-guided excision where the histology of this specimen showed irregular spindle cell proliferation with hemosiderin deposition, confirming mammary fibromatosis. Further re-excision of margins revealed no evidence of residual fibromatosis, and the patient underwent subsequent surveillance mammograms to ensure there was no recurrence.
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