Angiolipoma of the breast: sonographic appearance of two cases.

Mintz, Ari D.; Mengoni, Patricia M

doi:10.7863/jum.1998.17.1.67

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“…The image of the breast angiolipoma in the second case mentioned above also appeared to have internal hypoechoic areas. 12 In summary, the subcutaneous angiolipoma is a relatively common vascular variant of the ordinary lipoma. It should be included in the differential diagnosis of any well-defined, generally hyperechoic subcutaneous mass.…”

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Sonographic Appearance of Subcutaneous Angiolipomas

Choong¹

2004

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

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Case ReportA 37-year-old man had multiple subcutaneous lumps on the torso and all extremities. These first became noticeable after puberty and had slowly increased in size and number over the years. They were variable in size, ranging from several millimeters to several centimeters. The lumps were firm, partially mobile, and smooth on palpation. The larger ones had a bosselated surface. Some were mildly tender on compression. Sonographic assessment of several of the larger lumps was requested before cosmetic surgery. The lumps were imaged with a high-resolution L12-5 linear array transducer on an HDI 5000 machine (Philips Medical Systems, Bothell, WA). These all had a similar appearance on sonography. The lumps were well defined and located in the subcutaneous layer. They had a predominantly hyperechoic appearance, which clearly distinguished them from the adjacent hypoechoic adipose tissue (Figure 1). Small, patchy hypoechoic areas were noted within the larger masses. No posterior acoustic enhancement was seen. The larger masses showed sparse internal vascularity on color Doppler imaging. Excisional biopsy of 16 lumps showed the typical features of angiolipomas, with a mixture of adipocytes and a variable amount of angiomatous tissue.

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Sonographic Appearance of Subcutaneous Angiolipomas

Choong¹

2004

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

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“…An angiolipoma, described in the literature as homogeneously echogenic (1,6,7), is one possible diagnosis. A history of prior removal of skin lesions from the trunk or extremities would aid in the diagnosis of angiolipoma (1,8), but the patient did not have such a history. Although angiolipomas may manifest as painful masses, those occurring in the breast are typically painless (1,6,9,10).…”

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“…However, the differential diagnosis for masses with increased echotexture includes focal acute hemorrhage or acute hematoma, focal fibrosis, hemangioma, angiolipoma, spindle cell lipoma, and malignancy (1)(2)(3)(4)(5).…”

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Case 59: Angiolipoma of the Breast

Weinstein

Conant²,

Ács³

2003

Radiology

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A 70-year-old woman, with a medical history of breast cancer treated with mastectomy 11 years before presentation, had a new firm mass in the contralateral breast. The patient did not have nipple discharge or skin changes. Physical examination revealed a firm, nontender, mobile mass in the right lower outer quadrant at the 7-o'clock position. No axillary adenopathy was present. There was no skin thickening, skin or nipple retraction, or erythema. The patient did not have a history of trauma. IMAGING FINDINGSThe craniocaudal and mediolateral oblique views (Fig 1a, 1b) of the right breast did not reveal a focal abnormality in the region of the palpable breast mass. The location of the breast mass was marked with a metallic marker. The spot compression view also did not reveal an underlying mass (Fig 1c). Ultrasonographic (US) examination revealed a homogeneously echogenic mass (Fig 2) without posterior acoustic enhancement or shadowing that was 9 mm in diameter, and the skin overlying the mass appeared to be normal.

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“…(11) They usually present in the trunk and extremities, and less often in the breast. Our review of the literature found several previous case reports on angiolipomas of the breast, (11)(12)(13)(14)(15)(16)(17) with one paper describing up to 52 cases. (18) The histologic hallmark of this lesion is scattered microthrombi in small blood vessels.…”

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Four cases of echogenic breast lesions: a case series and review

Goh¹,

Wong²,

Tan³

2015

smedj

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Echogenic breast lesions are generally thought to be benign. We herein report four cases of echogenic breast lesions that were seen at our centre over 38 months. One patient had a prior history of wide excision and radiotherapy for breast cancer and was imaged as part of routine cancer surveillance, while the other three were recalled for further assessment following an abnormal screening mammogram. All four patients were assessed on ultrasonography, which demonstrated an echogenic lesion in each patient. All four lesions underwent ultrasonography-guided core biopsy, followed by excision biopsy. The indications for biopsy were interval increase in the size of lesion or indeterminate features demonstrated in the lesion. Three lesions were benign, while the lesion from the patient who had received previous radiotherapy was angiosarcoma. Not all echogenic lesions are benign and lesions with suspicious features on ultrasonography should undergo biopsy.

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Angiolipoma of the breast: sonographic appearance of two cases.

Cited by 18 publications

References 3 publications

Sonographic Appearance of Subcutaneous Angiolipomas

Sonographic Appearance of Subcutaneous Angiolipomas

Case 59: Angiolipoma of the Breast

Four cases of echogenic breast lesions: a case series and review

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