TY - JOUR
T1 - Mimickers of breast malignancy
T2 - imaging findings, pathologic concordance and clinical management
AU - Guirguis, Mary S.
AU - Adrada, Beatriz
AU - Santiago, Lumarie
AU - Candelaria, Rosalind
AU - Arribas, Elsa
N1 - Funding Information:
The manuscript was edited by Sarah Bronson, ELS, of the Research Medical Library at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021, The Author(s).
PY - 2021/12
Y1 - 2021/12
N2 - Many benign breast entities have a clinical and imaging presentation that can mimic breast cancer. The purpose of this review is to illustrate the wide spectrum of imaging features that can be associated with benign breast diseases with an emphasis on the suspicious imaging findings associated with these benign conditions that can mimic cancer. As radiologic-pathologic correlation can be particularly challenging in these cases, the radiologist’s familiarity with these benign entities and their imaging features is essential to ensure that a benign pathology result is accepted as concordant when appropriate and that a suitable management plan is formulated.
AB - Many benign breast entities have a clinical and imaging presentation that can mimic breast cancer. The purpose of this review is to illustrate the wide spectrum of imaging features that can be associated with benign breast diseases with an emphasis on the suspicious imaging findings associated with these benign conditions that can mimic cancer. As radiologic-pathologic correlation can be particularly challenging in these cases, the radiologist’s familiarity with these benign entities and their imaging features is essential to ensure that a benign pathology result is accepted as concordant when appropriate and that a suitable management plan is formulated.
KW - Benign breast disease
KW - Benign breast masses
KW - Breast cancer
KW - Inflammatory breast disease
KW - Radiologic-pathologic concordance
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U2 - 10.1186/s13244-021-00991-x
DO - 10.1186/s13244-021-00991-x
M3 - Review article
C2 - 33877461
AN - SCOPUS:85104749206
SN - 1869-4101
VL - 12
JO - Insights into Imaging
JF - Insights into Imaging
IS - 1
M1 - 53
ER -