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Malignant breast lesions are typically hypoechoic at sonography. However, a small subgroup of hyperechoic malignant breast lesions is encountered in clinical practice. We present a pictorial essay of a number of different hyperechoic breast malignancies with mammographic, sonographic and histopathologic correlation. Suspicious sonographic features in a hyperechoic lesion include inhomogeneity in echogenic pattern, an irregular margin, posterior acoustic shadowing and internal vascularity. A hyperechoic lesion at ultrasound does not discount the need to undertake histological assessment of a mammographically suspicious lesion.
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Breast Neoplasms/diagnostic imaging , Ultrasonography, Mammary/methods , Aged , Breast/diagnostic imaging , Diagnosis, Differential , Female , Humans , Mammography/methods , Middle AgedABSTRACT
Pseudoangiomatous stromal hyperplasia (PASH) of the breast is a benign mesenchymal proliferative process, initially described by Vuitch et al. We report an unusual case of a 46-year-old woman who presented with a 6-week history of bilateral massive, asymmetrical, painful enlargement of her breasts, without a history of trauma. On clinical examination, both breasts were markedly enlarged and oedematous, but there were no discrete palpable masses. Preoperative image-guided core biopsies and surgery showed PASH. PASH is increasingly recognised as an incidental finding on image-guided core biopsy performed for screen detected lesions. There are a few reported cases of PASH presenting as rapid breast enlargement. In our case, the patient presented with painful, asymmetrical, massive breast enlargement. Awareness needs to be raised of this entity as a differential diagnosis in massive, painful breast enlargement.
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Angiomatosis/complications , Breast Diseases/complications , Breast/abnormalities , Hyperplasia/complications , Hypertrophy/etiology , Angiomatosis/diagnosis , Angiomatosis/pathology , Breast/pathology , Breast Diseases/diagnosis , Breast Diseases/pathology , Diagnosis, Differential , Female , Humans , Hyperplasia/diagnosis , Hyperplasia/pathology , Hypertrophy/diagnosis , Hypertrophy/pathology , Mastodynia/diagnosis , Mastodynia/pathology , Middle AgedABSTRACT
We present a case of night blindness due to vitamin A deficiency in a gentleman who had previously undergone a pancreaticoduodenostomy 10 years ago. The deficiency was attributed self-cessation of his pancreatic supplements without being aware of the possible consequences. The diagnosis and management of this patient is presented here, along with a discussion of similar cases in the literature.
