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Mastitis other imaging findings
Introduction
Overview
Overview
On mammography, bacterial mastitis usually appears as ill-defined regions of increased density and skin thickening.[1][2][3]
Other Imaging Findings of Mastitis
Other Imaging Findings of Mastitis
On mammography, bacterial (puerperal or non-puerperal) mastitis usually shows ill-defined regions of increased density and skin thickening[1][2][3] as shown below:.
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Mammogram of Mastitis – Case courtesy of Dr Maxime St-Amant, Radiopaedia.org, rID: 26843
References
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Gautier N, Lalonde L, Tran-Thanh D, El Khoury M, David J, Labelle M; et al. (2013). “Chronic granulomatous mastitis: Imaging, pathology and management”. Eur J Radiol. 82 (4): e165–75. doi:10.1016/j.ejrad.2012.11.010. PMID 23200627.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Tan H, Li R, Peng W, Liu H, Gu Y, Shen X (2013). “Radiological and clinical features of adult non-puerperal mastitis”. Br J Radiol. 86 (1024): 20120657. doi:10.1259/bjr.20120657. PMC 3635790. PMID 23392197.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Jari I, Naum AG, Ursaru M, Manafu EG, Gheorghe L, Negru D (2015). “BREAST INFECTIONS: DIAGNOSIS WITH ULTRASOUND AND MAMMOGRAPHY”. Rev Med Chir Soc Med Nat Iasi. 119 (2): 419–24. PMID 26204646.
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