Cholesterol granuloma of the breast mimicking malignancy.
Cholesterol granuloma of the breast is an unusual non-neoplastic condition which frequently resembles malignancy clinically as well as radiologically. We herein report a case of a 28-year-old woman who presented with a lump in the upper outer quadrant of right breast. Physical examination and ultrasonography strongly suggested a carcinomatous lesion, but histopathological examination confirmed the diagnosis to be cholestrol granulomas. This article highlights the perplexing clinical presentation of cholesterol granulomas and affirms the role of histopathological examination in diagnosing these lesions correctly.
Department of Pathology, JN Medical College, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Roobina
R
Khan
Varsha
V
Narula
Anshu
A
Jain
Veena
V
Maheshwari
D000328:Adult; D001941:Breast Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002784:Cholesterol; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D015745:Granuloma, Foreign-Body / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans
D002784:Cholesterol