title: Enlarging occult fibroadenomas.
abstract: From July 1, 1989, through June 30, 1991, 1,218 preoperative wire-localization breast biopsies were performed at one institution. In this group, 254 (21%) of the abnormalities were fibroadenomas, 26 of which had enlarged or developed in the interval between routine or short-interval follow-up mammography. This interval growth was noted in 21 premenopausal women and in five who were postmenopausal and receiving oral estrogen supplementation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115.
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Meyer
authors.forename: T H
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Frenna
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Polger
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Sonnenfeld
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shaffer
mesh_terms: D000232:Adenofibroma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D000328:Adult; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008327:Mammography; D008875:Middle Aged