Cholesterol granuloma of the breast: a mimic of carcinoma.
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.
Reynolds
H E
HE
Department of Radiology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indiana University Hospital, Indianapolis 46202.
Cramer
H M
HM
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
D002784:Cholesterol