title: Sarcoidosis presenting as spiculated breast masses.
abstract: A 67-year-old woman sought medical treatment of cardiomyopathy, which had been diagnosed 2 years earlier; the causative factor was sarcoidosis. A screening mammogram revealed multiple spiculated masses in both breasts. A review of previous films obtained elsewhere showed that these masses had been increasing in prominence during the past 3 years. The patient had no visible axillary nodal abnormalities. Sarcoidosis was considered a diagnostic possibility, and a large-core needle biopsy was done with stereotactic guidance. The histological diagnosis was non-necrotizing granulomatous inflammation, consistent with sarcoidosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Mayo Clinic Rochester, MN 55905, USA.
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Gisvold
authors.forename: T B
authors.initials: TB
authors.lastname: Crotty
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Johnson
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001941:Breast Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007249:Inflammation; D008327:Mammography; D012507:Sarcoidosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology