The great mimicker: fat necrosis of the breast--magnetic resonance mammography approach.
Fat necrosis of the breast is a common benign inflammatory process resulting from injury to breast fat. The pathogenesis of fat necrosis helps to explain its imaging features, which range from benign to malignant-appearing findings. This article reviews the role of magnetic resonance mammography and other conventional imaging techniques in the differential diagnosis of fat necrosis.
Ganau
Sergi
S
UDIAT-CD, Corporació Sanitária Parc Taulí, Barcelona, Spain. sganau@tauli.cat
Tortajada
Lidia
L
Escribano
Fernanda
F
Andreu
Xavier
X
Sentís
Melcior
M
D001940:Breast / Q000473:pathology*; D003287:Contrast Media; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005218:Fat Necrosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D008327:Mammography; D016217:Ultrasonography, Mammary
D003287:Contrast Media