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Pregnancy-Associated Breast Disease: Radiologic Features and Diagnostic Dilemmas
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
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| Author | Son, Eun Ju Oh, Ki Keun Kim, Eun Kyung |
| Copyright Year | 2006 |
| Abstract | In this paper, we evaluate the radiological features of pregnancy-associated breast lesions and discuss the difficulties in diagnosis by imaging. We selected patients who were diagnosed with pregnancy-associated breast lesions during the previous 5 years. All patients complained of palpable lesions in the breast and underwent ultrasonographic (US) examination, the first choice for examination of pregnancy-related breast lesions. Any suspicious lesions found by the US were recommended for a US-guided core biopsy, US-guided fine needle aspiration (FNA), or surgery. Various breast lesions were detected during pregnancy and lactation, including breast cancer, mastitis and abscesses, lactating adenoma, galactoceles, lobular hyperplasia, and fibroadenomas. The imaging features of pregnancy-associated breast lesions did not differ from the features of non-pregnancy-associated breast lesions; however, some pregnancy-associated benign lesions had suspicious sonographic features. A US-guided core biopsy was necessary for differentiating benign from malignant. In patients with breast cancer, the cancer was often advanced at the time of diagnosis. In conclusion, various pregnancy-related breast lesions were detected and the imaging of these lesions had variable findings. Breast ultrasound could be an excellent imaging modality for diagnosis and differentiation between benign and malignant lesions. However, when the imaging results are suspicious, a biopsy should be performed to obtain a pathologic diagnosis. |
| Starting Page | 34 |
| Ending Page | 42 |
| Page Count | 9 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/a3/88/ymj-47-34.PMC2687579.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://synapse.koreamed.org/Synapse/Data/PDFData/0069YMJ/ymj-47-34.pdf |
| PubMed reference number | 16502483 |
| Volume Number | 47 |
| Journal | Yonsei medical journal |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Abscess Breast Diseases Breast Feeding Core needle biopsy Ductal Breast Carcinoma In Situ and Lobular Carcinoma In Situ Entity Class - imaging modality Fibroadenoma Fine needle aspiration biopsy Galactocele Malignant Childhood Central Nervous System Neoplasm Mammary Neoplasms Mastitis Patients Primary Melanocytic Lesion of Meninges Stage 0 Breast Carcinoma lactating adenoma |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
