title: Localized scleroderma of the breast.
abstract: We report a 44-year-old patient with right-breast morphea. Mammography, MRI and needle biopsy were used for assessment of the case. Mammography demonstrated thickening of the skin and the subcutaneous tissue. The MRI showed replacement of the subcutaneous and breast fat by a low signal intensity, non-enhancing tissue. Skin biopsy confirmed the histological features of scleroderma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Hospital de Basurto, Avenida de Montevideo 18, 48013 Bilbao, Spain.
authors.forename: Elisa
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Operé
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Oleaga
authors.forename: Teresa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ibáñez
authors.forename: Domingo
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Grande
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D001941:Breast Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008327:Mammography; D012594:Scleroderma, Localized / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology