Nodular Fasciitis of the Breast Mimicking Breast Cancer
Nodular fasciitis is a benign proliferative lesion that is usually found in the soft tissue of the upper extremity and trunk in young to middle-aged persons. It has rarely been described in the breast. A 35-year-old woman had noticed a mass in her left breast. It was elastic-hard, 13 mm in size, an...
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| description | Nodular fasciitis is a benign proliferative lesion that is usually found in the soft tissue of the upper extremity and trunk in young to middle-aged persons. It has rarely been described in the breast.
A 35-year-old woman had noticed a mass in her left breast. It was elastic-hard, 13 mm in size, and located mainly in the upper inner quadrant of the left breast. Mammography did not detect the mass. Ultrasonography revealed a hypoechoic lesion with an irregular margin. Neither fine-needle aspiration cytology nor core needle biopsy established a definitive diagnosis. Excisional biopsy was therefore performed. Histologically, the excised tumor tissue results were consistent with a diagnosis of nodular fasciitis of the breast. We report a case of nodular fasciitis of the breast, a rare histological type of breast tumor. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-a631e54f5b854d7dba3b4225242180c32025-02-03T00:59:08ZengWileyCase Reports in Surgery2090-69002090-69192014-01-01201410.1155/2014/747951747951Nodular Fasciitis of the Breast Mimicking Breast CancerShinya Yamamoto0Takashi Chishima1Shouko Adachi2Department of Breast Surgery, Yokohama Rosai Hospital, 3211 Kozukue-cho, Kouhoku-ku, Yokohama 222-0036, JapanDepartment of Breast Surgery, Yokohama Rosai Hospital, 3211 Kozukue-cho, Kouhoku-ku, Yokohama 222-0036, JapanDepartment of Breast Surgery, Yokohama Rosai Hospital, 3211 Kozukue-cho, Kouhoku-ku, Yokohama 222-0036, JapanNodular fasciitis is a benign proliferative lesion that is usually found in the soft tissue of the upper extremity and trunk in young to middle-aged persons. It has rarely been described in the breast. A 35-year-old woman had noticed a mass in her left breast. It was elastic-hard, 13 mm in size, and located mainly in the upper inner quadrant of the left breast. Mammography did not detect the mass. Ultrasonography revealed a hypoechoic lesion with an irregular margin. Neither fine-needle aspiration cytology nor core needle biopsy established a definitive diagnosis. Excisional biopsy was therefore performed. Histologically, the excised tumor tissue results were consistent with a diagnosis of nodular fasciitis of the breast. We report a case of nodular fasciitis of the breast, a rare histological type of breast tumor.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/747951 |
| spellingShingle | Shinya Yamamoto Takashi Chishima Shouko Adachi Nodular Fasciitis of the Breast Mimicking Breast Cancer Case Reports in Surgery |
| title | Nodular Fasciitis of the Breast Mimicking Breast Cancer |
| title_full | Nodular Fasciitis of the Breast Mimicking Breast Cancer |
| title_fullStr | Nodular Fasciitis of the Breast Mimicking Breast Cancer |
| title_full_unstemmed | Nodular Fasciitis of the Breast Mimicking Breast Cancer |
| title_short | Nodular Fasciitis of the Breast Mimicking Breast Cancer |
| title_sort | nodular fasciitis of the breast mimicking breast cancer |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/747951 |
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