title: Sonographic appearance of a cholesterol granuloma mimicking breast cancer.
abstract: A breast cholesterol granuloma is a rare benign condition that can be a pitfall in diagnosing breast cancer. We describe a cholesterol granuloma in the breast mimicking breast cancer on sonography. The mass was confirmed to be a cholesterol granuloma through a core needle biopsy, but an excisional biopsy was eventually performed due to suspicious sonographic appearance and histopathological examination of the specimen confirmed the diagnosis. © 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Clin Ultrasound 45:608-611, 2017.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, College of Medicine, Yeungnam University, Daegu, Korea.|Department of Radiology, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Young-Seon
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9168-8204
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Jung Min
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Chang
mesh_terms: D062005:Biopsy, Large-Core Needle; D001940:Breast / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D001941:Breast Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms; D002784:Cholesterol; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D015745:Granuloma, Foreign-Body / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D016217:Ultrasonography, Mammary / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D002784:Cholesterol
keywords: breast; cancer; cholesterol granuloma; pitfall; ultrasonography