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Lipoma of the breast.

Steven Brown

3/24/97

Presentation

58 year old female presents for routine mammogram.

Imaging Technique

Plain X-ray

Imaging Findings

There is a lucent oval shaped lesion in the deep mid portion of the right breast seen only on the MLO view. The CC view technique pushes the lesion off the edge of the film cassette. This lesion is unchanged from comparisons at least back through 1993.

Diagnosis

Lipoma of the breast.

Discussion

Lipomas of the breast have a characteristic appearance of a lucent space occupying mass surrounded by a capsule which in this cases is seen as a thin white line around the edge of the lesion. The surrounding breast parenchyma is normal. Typically lipomas are soft and freely mobile and are most commonly seen in post menopausal women.

Submitted by: Steven Brown,Maj,USAF,MC,Wilford Hall Medical Center
Reviewed by: Thomas Ruhnke,Maj,USAF,MC,Wilford Hall Medical Center

References

Homer,MJ Mammographic Interpretation. A Practical Approach 1991