title: Mammographic and sonographic appearances of nodular adenosis.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  We determined whether nodular adenosis of the breast possesses any pathognomonic features on imaging studies.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The imaging features of nodular adenosis are often benign-appearing and can be indistinguishable from other ellipsoid, circumscribed, or hypodense masses. Occasionally, nodular adenosis may appear suggestive of malignancy. Pathologic evaluation by excisional or large core needle biopsy is necessary for diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: DiPiro
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Gulizia
authors.forename: S C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Lester
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Meyer
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005348:Fibrocystic Breast Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008327:Mammography; D008875:Middle Aged; D014463:Ultrasonography