False-positive breast screening due to fat necrosis following mammography.
Traumatic fat necrosis can result in a spectrum of imaging appearances that range from characteristically benign to those indistinguishable from malignancy. In such cases, biopsy might be required for diagnosis. The present case demonstrates a suspicious mammographic mass lesion appearing following a haematoma caused by a previous screening mammogram.
Cawson
Jennifer N
JN
BreastScreen Department, St Vincent's Hospital, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. cawsonjn@svhm.org.au
Malara
Frank A
FA
D000368:Aged; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005189:False Positive Reactions; D005218:Fat Necrosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008327:Mammography / Q000009:adverse effects*