Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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4221172 | Clinical Imaging | 2015 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
Fibromatosis of the breast, also known as a desmoid tumor, is extremely rare and most often appears as an aggressive lesion mimicking breast carcinoma. It lacks metastatic potential but can grow aggressively in a localized area. Ultrasonography often shows an irregular spiculated hypoechoic mass with posterior acoustic shadowing. We discuss a case of breast fibromatosis that presented as a painful palpable breast mass in a 32-year-old woman and mimicked an abscess in the sonogram. We found that this lesion displayed atypical sonographic features such as a heterogeneous echoic mass with an internal anechoic area.
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Authors
So Min Lee, Ji Young Lee, Byung Hoon Lee, Su Young Kim, Mee Joo, Jae Il Kim,