Unilateral breast edema: spectrum of etiologies and imaging appearances.
Breast edema is defined as a mammographic pattern of skin thickening, increased parenchymal density, and interstitial marking. It can be caused by benign or malignant diseases, as a result of a tumor in the dermal lymphatics of the breast, lymphatic congestion caused by breast, lymphatic drainage obstruction, or by congestive heart failure. Here we describe several conditions, that cause unilateral breast edema with the aim of familiarizing radiologists with these disease entities.
Kwak
Jin Young
JY
Department of Diagnostic Radiology, 134 Shinchon-dong, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul 120-752, Korea.
Kim
Eun Kyung
EK
Chung
Sun Yang
SY
You
Jai Kyung
JK
Oh
Ki Keun
KK
Lee
Yong Hee
YH
Kwon
Tae Hee
TH
Jung
Hae Kyoung
HK
D001941:Breast Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology*; D004487:Edema / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008327:Mammography; D016217:Ultrasonography, Mammary
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