title: The many faces of fat necrosis in the breast.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This article describes the manifestations of fat necrosis on mammography, sonography, and MRI and correlates the imaging findings with the pathologic findings.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  On imaging studies, the appearance of fat necrosis ranges from typically benign to worrisome for malignancy. Mammography is more specific than sonography, and emphasis should be placed on mammography in making the diagnosis of fat necrosis. In selected cases, MRI may be helpful in showing findings consistent with fat necrosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Unit 1350, PO Box 301439, M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77230-1439, USA.
authors.forename: Jorge L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Taboada
authors.forename: Tanya W
authors.initials: TW
authors.lastname: Stephens
authors.forename: Savitri
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Krishnamurthy
authors.forename: Kathleen R
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Brandt
authors.forename: Gary J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Whitman
mesh_terms: D001940:Breast / Q000473:pathology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005218:Fat Necrosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008327:Mammography; D016217:Ultrasonography, Mammary