Nodular fasciitis of the breast in an elderly woman

Nodular fasciitis is a benign proliferation of fibroblasts and myofibroblasts most commonly found in the soft tissues of the upper extremities and the trunk of young to middle-aged adults. Nodular fasciitis is infrequently encountered in the breast and in the elderly. We report a case of a 69-year-o...

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Autores principales: Knight, Jennifer A., Hunt, Katie N., Carter, Jodi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2017
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Breast Imaging
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5823300/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29484039
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radcr.2017.07.004
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description Nodular fasciitis is a benign proliferation of fibroblasts and myofibroblasts most commonly found in the soft tissues of the upper extremities and the trunk of young to middle-aged adults. Nodular fasciitis is infrequently encountered in the breast and in the elderly. We report a case of a 69-year-old woman presenting with a palpable breast mass with imaging features that mimicked malignancy. Knowledge of this entity is important to allow proper radiological and pathologic concordance and patient management.
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spelling pubmed-58233002018-02-26 Nodular fasciitis of the breast in an elderly woman Knight, Jennifer A. Hunt, Katie N. Carter, Jodi Radiol Case Rep Breast Imaging Nodular fasciitis is a benign proliferation of fibroblasts and myofibroblasts most commonly found in the soft tissues of the upper extremities and the trunk of young to middle-aged adults. Nodular fasciitis is infrequently encountered in the breast and in the elderly. We report a case of a 69-year-old woman presenting with a palpable breast mass with imaging features that mimicked malignancy. Knowledge of this entity is important to allow proper radiological and pathologic concordance and patient management. Elsevier 2017-08-12 /pmc/articles/PMC5823300/ /pubmed/29484039 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radcr.2017.07.004 Text en © 2017 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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title_short Nodular fasciitis of the breast in an elderly woman
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5823300/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29484039
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radcr.2017.07.004
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