title: Massive infarction of a recurrent phyllodes tumor of the breast: MRI-findings.
abstract: We report the imaging findings in an infarcted phyllodes tumor of the breast. A 40-year-old woman presented ten months after surgery for a benign phyllodes tumour with a palpable lump under the scar. We performed clinical examination, mammography, sonography, and MRI. The radiological diagnosis was a postoperative hematoma with granulation tissue. Surgery was performed. Histological diagnosis revealed an infarcted phyllodes tumour. This case illustrates the radiological presentation of a completely infarcted phyllodes tumour. As far as we know, imaging findings of an infarcted phyllodes tumour have not been reported yet.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University Hospital Antwerp, Belgium.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Verslegers
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Tjalma
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Van Goethem
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Colpaert
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Biltjes
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: De Schepper
authors.forename: P M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Parizel
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001940:Breast / Q000473:pathology; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007238:Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D015412:Mastectomy, Segmental; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000098:blood supply / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D003557:Phyllodes Tumor / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D019106:Postoperative Hemorrhage / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D012086:Reoperation