BENIGN BREAST MASSES SIMULATING CARCINOMA: MAMMOGRAPHIC FINDINGS

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  • Malai MUTTARAK Department of Radiology
  • Hongsin TRAKOONTIVAKORN Department of Surgery
  • Benjaporn CHAIWUM Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University

Abstract

Mammography is now a more widely used procedure in the diagnosis of breast disease. The only breast diagnosis of importance is carcinoma because it can cause a woman's death. The pitfalls of mammographic diagnosis are increasingly recognised. The roentgen appearance of some benign disease process may simulate carcinoma. Accurate diagnosis depends on a wide knowledge of various disease processes. We present 23 cases of different benign lesions that may be easily confused with carcinoma.

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2023-03-30

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MUTTARAK M, TRAKOONTIVAKORN H, CHAIWUM B. BENIGN BREAST MASSES SIMULATING CARCINOMA: MAMMOGRAPHIC FINDINGS. ASEAN J Radiol [Internet]. 2023 Mar. 30 [cited 2025 Jan. 31];1(2):97-104. Available from: https://asean-journal-radiology.org/index.php/ajr/article/view/250

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Vol. 1 No. 2 (1995): May-August

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