Fat necrosis: A consultant’s conundrum
Fat necrosis of the breast is a benign non-suppurative inflammation of the adipose tissue and often mimics breast cancers, posing a diagnostic challenge for the clinician and radiologist. It has a myriad of appearances on different imaging techniques, ranging from the pathognomic oil cyst and benign...
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| author | Jinita Majithia Purvi Haria Palak Popat Aparna Katdare Sonal Chouhan Kunal Bharat Gala Suyash Kulkarni Meenakshi Thakur |
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| description | Fat necrosis of the breast is a benign non-suppurative inflammation of the adipose tissue and often mimics breast cancers, posing a diagnostic challenge for the clinician and radiologist. It has a myriad of appearances on different imaging techniques, ranging from the pathognomic oil cyst and benign dystrophic calcifications to indeterminate focal asymmetries, architectural distortions, and masses. A combination of different modalities can assist a radiologist in reaching a logical conclusion to avoid unnecessary interventions. The aim of this review article was to provide a comprehensive literature on the various imaging appearances of fat necrosis in the breast. Although a purely benign entity, the imaging appearances on mammography, contrast-enhanced mammography, ultrasound, and magnetic resonance imaging can be quite misleading, especially in post-therapy breasts. The purpose is to provide a comprehensive and all-inclusive review on fat necrosis with a proposed algorithm allowing a systematic approach to diagnosis. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-54bbe52d854840cdbee84456d66a7caf2023-02-16T12:39:05ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Oncology2234-943X2023-02-011210.3389/fonc.2022.926396926396Fat necrosis: A consultant’s conundrumJinita MajithiaPurvi HariaPalak PopatAparna KatdareSonal ChouhanKunal Bharat GalaSuyash KulkarniMeenakshi ThakurFat necrosis of the breast is a benign non-suppurative inflammation of the adipose tissue and often mimics breast cancers, posing a diagnostic challenge for the clinician and radiologist. It has a myriad of appearances on different imaging techniques, ranging from the pathognomic oil cyst and benign dystrophic calcifications to indeterminate focal asymmetries, architectural distortions, and masses. A combination of different modalities can assist a radiologist in reaching a logical conclusion to avoid unnecessary interventions. The aim of this review article was to provide a comprehensive literature on the various imaging appearances of fat necrosis in the breast. Although a purely benign entity, the imaging appearances on mammography, contrast-enhanced mammography, ultrasound, and magnetic resonance imaging can be quite misleading, especially in post-therapy breasts. The purpose is to provide a comprehensive and all-inclusive review on fat necrosis with a proposed algorithm allowing a systematic approach to diagnosis.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fonc.2022.926396/fullfat necrosisbreast imagingradiologymammographyultrasonography |
| spellingShingle | Jinita Majithia Purvi Haria Palak Popat Aparna Katdare Sonal Chouhan Kunal Bharat Gala Suyash Kulkarni Meenakshi Thakur Fat necrosis: A consultant’s conundrum Frontiers in Oncology fat necrosis breast imaging radiology mammography ultrasonography |
| title | Fat necrosis: A consultant’s conundrum |
| title_full | Fat necrosis: A consultant’s conundrum |
| title_fullStr | Fat necrosis: A consultant’s conundrum |
| title_full_unstemmed | Fat necrosis: A consultant’s conundrum |
| title_short | Fat necrosis: A consultant’s conundrum |
| title_sort | fat necrosis a consultant s conundrum |
| topic | fat necrosis breast imaging radiology mammography ultrasonography |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fonc.2022.926396/full |
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