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Galactocele as a changing axillary lump in a pregnant woman
In Yong Whang1, Jaehee Lee, Ki Tae Kim
1Department of Radiology, Catholic University College of Medicine, Uijongbu St Mary's Hospital, Kyunggido, South Korea. tiger@catholic.ac.kr
Purpose:
We report a galactocele as changing axillary lumps in both axillae.
Materials And Methods:
36-year-old woman visited to our hospital for her axillary lump. The diagnosis could be made under ultrasound examination and her recent pregnancy history. However, sonography-guided aspiration was done for confirmation.
Result:
We could confirm the galactocele arising in axillary accessory breast tissue.
Conclusion:
Clinical information indicating that such a palpable mass is associated with pregnancy as well as its sonography features along with adjunctive diagnostic aspiration, can help to correctly diagnose this rare entity.
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