Mammographic Features of Fat Necrosis

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  • Malai Muttarak Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University
  • Nimit Martin Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University
  • Benjaporn Chiwun Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University

Abstract

Fat necrosis of the breast is a benign, nonsuppurative inflammatory process with variable presentation. Occasionally it mimic malignant lesions both clinically and mammographically. Four cases of fat necrosis are presented which illustrate the spectrum of mammographic features of this condition. The appearances vary from one indistinguishable from carcinoma to single or multiple lucent lesions with ring-like calcification. Biopsy is performed when clinical signs, mammographic findings or clinical history suggest malignancy.

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2023-03-30

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Muttarak M, Martin N, Chiwun B. Mammographic Features of Fat Necrosis. ASEAN J Radiol [Internet]. 2023 Mar. 30 [cited 2024 Dec. 22];1(1):25-30. Available from: https://asean-journal-radiology.org/index.php/ajr/article/view/219

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Vol. 1 No. 1 (1995): January - April

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