Invasive ductal carcinoma detected within a fibroadenolipoma through digital breast tomosynthesis
Serafino Forte1, Anna Ritz1, Rahel Kubik-Huch1
1Kantonsspital Baden AG, Institute of Radiology, Baden, Switzerland.
Abstract:
A 52-year-old patient referred to our hospital for a screening mammogram showed a suspicious new architectural distortion. Previously, a fibroadenolipoma within the right breast was diagnosed clinically and radiologically. Further work-up with tomosynthesis, magnetic resonance imaging, and magnetic resonance-guided biopsy showed an invasive ductal carcinoma within the fibroadenolipoma, which are usually benign breast lesions not associated with malignancy. This case report offers a review of the literature and a discussion of signs, which should alert the radiologist.
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