Enlarging fibroadenoma in a postmenopausal woman: case report.
The authors describe mammographic and pathologic evidence of the growth of a fibroadenoma in an 82-year-old obese woman, 44 years after menopause, who had never been treated with hormone therapy. The patient's obesity is hypothesized as the causal factor for increased estrogen levels leading to growth of the fibroadenoma.
Swisher
R C
RC
Iris Cantor Center for Breast Imaging, Department of Radiological Sciences, University of California Los Angeles 90024.
Gade
N R
NR
Suk
J J
JJ
Fu
Y S
YS
Bassett
L W
LW
D000232:Adenofibroma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D004967:Estrogens / Q000096:biosynthesis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008327:Mammography; D009765:Obesity / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology
D004967:Estrogens