title: Cholesterol granuloma of the breast: a mimic of carcinoma.
abstract: Cholesterol granuloma of the breast is a rare condition that may be related to the common disorder mammary duct ectasia. Its importance is in its tendency to mimic carcinoma clinically and radiologically. The authors report a case in a 65-year-old asymptomatic woman.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indiana University Hospital, Indianapolis 46202.
authors.forename: H E
authors.initials: HE
authors.lastname: Reynolds
authors.forename: H M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Cramer
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001941:Breast Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002784:Cholesterol; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D015745:Granuloma, Foreign-Body / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008327:Mammography; D016217:Ultrasonography, Mammary
chemical_list: D002784:Cholesterol