title: Partial tear of pectoralis major muscle masquerading as a breast mass in an 87-year-old woman. A case report.
abstract: We report on a case of a partial tear of the pectoralis major muscle mimicking a breast mass in an elderly patient. Breast MR was useful in identifying the traumatic muscular injury and in demonstrating the lack of any intraparenchymal breast lesion.
authors.affiliation: Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery, The Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute of The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210-1228, USA.
authors.forename: S P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Povoski
authors.forename: D G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Spigos
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001940:Breast / Q000473:pathology; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D010173:Palpation; D010369:Pectoralis Muscles / Q000293:injuries* / Q000473:pathology