title: Breast lipoma with central fat necrosis: case report.
abstract: Fat necrosis of the breast is a benign non-suppurative inflammatory process of adipose tissue that most commonly occurs as the result of minor breast trauma. We present a case of a 40-years-old female with fat necrosis in a breast lipoma. She presented with an overlapping mass on the lateral quadrants. Mammography showed Well delineated radiolucent mass with peripheral "egg-shell" calcifications, that appeared an hypoechoic mass with posterior shadowing on ultrasonography. A history of accidental trauma raises the suspicion of fat necrosis. Pathology is necessary when radiological findings simulate malignancy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University Hospital Mohammed VI of Marrakesh, Morocco.
authors.forename: Mohamed Reda
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Bouroumane
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University Hospital Mohammed VI of Marrakesh, Morocco.
authors.forename: Reda
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Khalil
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University Hospital Mohammed VI of Marrakesh, Morocco.
authors.forename: Hind
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Khalil
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University Hospital Mohammed VI of Marrakesh, Morocco.
authors.forename: Hicham
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Jalal
mesh_terms: D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D000328:Adult; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D005218:Fat Necrosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008067:Lipoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D008327:Mammography; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000150:complications
keywords: Fat necrosis; breast; calcifications; eggshell; lipoma; mammography