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Fibroadenoma echocardiography or ultrasound

Introduction

Overview

Overview

Ultrasound may be helpful in the diagnosis of fibroadenoma. Findings on ultrasound suggestive of fibrodenoma include a well-circumscribed, round to ovoid, macrolobulated mass that is generally uniformly hypoechogenic.

Ultrasound

Ultrasound

  • Ultrasound may be helpful in the diagnosis of fibroadenoma.
  • It is the most commonly used breast imaging method in adolescents. It can determine if a mass is solid or cystic. Findings on ultrasound suggestive of fibrodenoma include:[1][2][3]
  • Well-circumscribed, round to ovoid mass
  • Macrolobulated mass with a smooth contour
  • Uniformly distributed weak internal echoes
  • Intermediate acoustic attenuation
  • Surrounded by a thin echogenic rim (pseudocapsule)
  • Calcification may be detectable in 10% of the cases
  • Serial ultrasounds may be needed look for changes in the size of the fibroadenoma overtime.[2]
  • Ultrasound may lack the ability to distinguish benign masses from cancer.[4]
Ultrasound showing an oval shaped hypodense lesion Source:Case courtesy of Dr Hani Salam, Radiopaedia.org, rID: 8671
Ultrasound showing involuted fibroadenoma with popcorn calcification Source:Case courtesy of Dr Hani Salam, Radiopaedia.org, rID: 12952
References

References

  1. ↑ Fibroadenoma. Radiopaedia (2015) http://radiopaedia.org/articles/fibroadenoma-of-the-breast-1 Accessed on January, 29 2016
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Cerrato F, Labow BI (February 2013). “Diagnosis and management of fibroadenomas in the adolescent breast”. Semin Plast Surg. 27 (1): 23–5. doi:10.1055/s-0033-1343992. PMC 3706050. PMID 24872735.
  3. ↑ Greenberg R, Skornick Y, Kaplan O (September 1998). “Management of breast fibroadenomas”. J Gen Intern Med. 13 (9): 640–5. PMC 1497021. PMID 9754521.
  4. ↑ Son JH, Jung HK, Song JW, Baek HJ, Doo KW, Kim W; et al. (2016). “Incidentally detected breast lesions on chest CT with US correlation: a pictorial essay”. Diagn Interv Radiol. 22 (6): 514–518. doi:10.5152/dir.2016.15539. PMC 5098945. PMID 27707680.

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