title: Myofibroblastoma of the male breast: a rare entity with radiologic-pathologic correlation.
abstract: A 73-year old man with a history of multiple genitourinary malignancies was found to have a left retroareolar soft tissue mass on CT assessment of disease, and dedicated breast imaging was recommended. Diagnostic mammography and ultrasonography confirmed a solid mass, for which biopsy was recommended. Pathologic analysis demonstrated a spindle cell neoplasm with an immunoreactivity pattern consistent with myofibroblastoma. While this entity is benign, nonspecific imaging features necessitate tissue sampling for pathologic diagnosis, and, given pathologic rarity, open communication between the radiologist and pathologist is important to establish the correct diagnosis and to recommend appropriate management.
authors.affiliation: New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Imaging, 425 East 61st Street, 9th floor, New York, NY 10065, United States. Electronic address: joc2051@med.cornell.edu.
authors.forename: John D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Comer
authors.affiliation: New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, 525 E. 68th Street, Room C302, New York, NY 10065, United States.
authors.forename: Xiaoyan
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Cui
authors.affiliation: New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Imaging, 425 East 61st Street, 9th floor, New York, NY 10065, United States.
authors.forename: Carolyn Sharyn
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Eisen
authors.affiliation: New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Imaging, 425 East 61st Street, 9th floor, New York, NY 10065, United States.
authors.forename: Genevieve
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Abbey
authors.affiliation: New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Imaging, 425 East 61st Street, 9th floor, New York, NY 10065, United States.
authors.forename: Elizabeth Kagan
authors.initials: EK
authors.lastname: Arleo
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001706:Biopsy; D001940:Breast / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D018567:Breast Neoplasms, Male / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008327:Mammography; D009379:Neoplasms, Muscle Tissue / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography
keywords: Breast ultrasonography; Diagnostic mammography; Genitourinary malignancy; Myofibroblastoma