Benign fat necrosis simulating bilateral breast malignancy after reduction mammoplasty.
Fat necrosis follows many forms of trauma to the breast, including surgery. In unusual cases, it may be extensive enough to present as a palpable mass on physical examination with mammographic features suggestive of cancer. In these instances, regardless of patient age, surgical history, or multifocality, a biopsy must be done to exclude carcinoma. We describe a young woman who was evaluated for bilateral breast masses with highly suspicious imaging characteristics 2 years after having reduction mammoplasty.
Department of Radiology, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark 07103, USA.
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D000328:Adult; D001941:Breast Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005218:Fat Necrosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016462:Mammaplasty; D008327:Mammography; D011183:Postoperative Complications