Unilateral breast edema in congestive heart failure--a mimic of diffuse carcinoma.
Mammography in a patient with congestive heart failure showed unilateral skin thickening and a reticular pattern mimicking diffuse carcinoma. Resolution after treatment of the heart failure established the abnormality as secondary to dependent edema.
Doyle
A J
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Radiology Department, University of Utah, Salt Lake City 84132.
D000368:Aged; D001941:Breast Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004487:Edema / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008327:Mammography