title: Juvenile hypertrophy presenting as a discrete breast mass.
abstract: Juvenile hypertrophy of the breast usually presents as diffuse enlargement of the breasts in young women. The authors describe a patient in whom hypertrophy presented as a discrete mass, which was both visible in mammograms and palpable.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL 60153.
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Cooper
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Johnson
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy; D001940:Breast / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006984:Hypertrophy / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D008327:Mammography; D010173:Palpation; D016217:Ultrasonography, Mammary