title: Traumatic fat necrosis of male breast.
abstract: Fat necrosis is a benign nonsuppurative inflammatory process that most commonly occurs in female breast. It is a rare condition in male breast. There are very few reports in the literature. There is a wide range of manifestations of fat necrosis and can mimic breast cancer clinically and radiologically. We report a case of fat necrosis of the breast in a 57-year-old man.
authors.affiliation: Radiology Department, Elazig Training and Research Hospital, Rizaiye Mah, Hastane Sk. 23100, Elazig, Turkey. Electronic address: muammerakyol@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Muammer
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Akyol
authors.forename: Alperen
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kayali
authors.forename: Nezahat
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yildirim
mesh_terms: D001941:Breast Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D005218:Fat Necrosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013898:Thoracic Injuries / Q000150:complications*; D016217:Ultrasonography, Mammary
keywords: Breast; Core biopsy; Fat necrosis; Male; Radiology