title: Unilateral breast edema: spectrum of etiologies and imaging appearances.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Radiology, 134 Shinchon-dong, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul 120-752, Korea.
authors.forename: Jin Young
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Kwak
authors.forename: Eun Kyung
authors.initials: EK
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Sun Yang
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Chung
authors.forename: Jai Kyung
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: You
authors.forename: Ki Keun
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Oh
authors.forename: Yong Hee
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Tae Hee
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Kwon
authors.forename: Hae Kyoung
authors.initials: HK
authors.lastname: Jung
mesh_terms: 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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