1. Multiple Giant Fibroadenomas: Clinical Presentation and Radiologic Findings
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Mathias Langer, B. Schneider, Kommoss F, Jörg Laubenberger, Gröne K, and Madjar H
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Adult ,Pathology ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Time Factors ,Breast Neoplasms ,Gadolinium ,Benign tumor ,Diagnosis, Differential ,Humans ,Medicine ,Mammography ,Breast ,Pathological ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,business.industry ,Obstetrics and Gynecology ,Magnetic resonance imaging ,Pentetic Acid ,medicine.disease ,Magnetic Resonance Imaging ,Fibroadenoma ,Reproductive Medicine ,Female ,Ultrasonography, Mammary ,Presentation (obstetrics) ,Differential diagnosis ,business ,Rare disease - Abstract
We describe the case of a 25-year-old Caucasian woman suffering from unilateral enlargement of the breast. Morphologic evaluation of various imaging modalities including mammography, ultrasound, and magnetic resonance imaging suggested a benign tumor embedded in stromal tissue. The time course of the Gd-DTPA uptake in dynamic magnetic resonance imaging, however, was also compatible with a malignant lesion. Postoperative pathological examination revealed multiple giant fibroadenomas, a rare disease, usually encountered in black female adolescents. Radiologic presentation, differential diagnosis, and morphologic findings are discussed, and a review of the literature is contained herein.
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- 1997
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