title: Spontaneous infarction of fibroadenoma in an adolescent girl.
abstract: A 12-year-old pre-menarcheal girl presented with a solitary breast mass and bloody nipple discharge. Ultrasonography showed an unusual mass with complex characteristics, composed of a frondular structure within a 2.3 x 1.5-cm cyst. Histologic diagnosis of the excised structure was an infarcted fibroadenoma. This case describes the clinical presentation and unique sonographic appearance of a rare, spontaneous infarction of a fibroadenoma in an adolescent girl.
authors.affiliation: Savannah Pediatric Surgery, 4750 Waters Ave, Suite 511, Savannah, GA 31404, USA. FowleCa1@memorialhealth.com
authors.forename: Carol L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Fowler
mesh_terms: D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D018226:Fibroadenoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007238:Infarction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D016217:Ultrasonography, Mammary