Inflammatory breast disease: A pictorial essay with radiological‐pathological correlation

Gunawardena, Rusiru P; Gunawardena, Deepika; Metcalf, Cecily; Taylor, Donna; Wylie, Liz

doi:10.1111/1754-9485.12480

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“…Non-puerperal subareolar mastitis and breast abscess, also known as Zuska's disease is an uncommon and recurring disease strongly linked to cigarette smoking ( 2 9 ) ( Fig. 4 ).…”

Section: Infectious Mastitismentioning

confidence: 99%

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Imaging Features of Inflammatory Breast Disorders: A Pictorial Essay

2018

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Inflammatory breast disorders include a wide array of underlying causes, ranging from common benign infection, non-infectious inflammation and inflammation resulting from underlying breast malignancy. Because it is at times difficult to distinguish mastitis and breast cancer based on clinical features, awareness of detailed imaging features may be helpful for better management of inflammatory breast disorders. Therefore, this pictorial essay intends to demonstrate radiologic findings of a variety of inflammatory breast disorders, using selected cases with mammography, ultrasound and magnetic resonance images.

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“…Non-puerperal subareolar mastitis and breast abscess, also known as Zuska's disease is an uncommon and recurring disease strongly linked to cigarette smoking ( 2 9 ) ( Fig. 4 ).…”

Section: Infectious Mastitismentioning

confidence: 99%

“…A rare sclerosing type, of which excessive fibrosis is a dominant feature, has also been described, in which the whole breast is hard with nipple retraction. Diagnosis is usually conformed on tissue sampling and detection of acid-fast bacilli on Ziehl-Neelsen stain or by culture ( 9 11 12 ).…”

Section: Infectious Mastitismentioning

confidence: 99%

Imaging Features of Inflammatory Breast Disorders: A Pictorial Essay

2018

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“…The entities of periductal mastitis (also known as plasma cell mastitis) and mammary duct ectasia are thought to represent a spectrum of the same auto‐immune disease process with the former condition seen in younger women and the latter seen in older women. The end result is duct blockage and/or dilatation which can predispose to secondary infection resulting in cellulitis, possible abscess development and occasionally mammary duct fistula formation …”

Section: Ultrasound Signs Of Breast Inflammationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The ultrasound features of this condition, as described earlier, demonstrate dilated ducts in the subareolar region, often with intraluminal debris identified and with associated increased echogenicity of the duct walls. Increased colour Doppler flow is usually seen in the periductal breast tissue . (Figure a,b).…”

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“…Granulomatous mastitis is a mass‐forming idiopathic inflammatory condition of the breast usually seen in young women. Although its aetiology is unknown and has conventionally been considered to represent an auto‐immune condition (associated with connective tissue disorders and sarcoidosis), it has recently been linked to a number of infective agents including Corynebacteria infections . Interestingly, granulomatous mastitis classically presents approximately 2 years following breastfeeding.…”

Section: Ultrasound Signs Of Breast Inflammationmentioning

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Sonographic features of inflammatory conditions of the breast

Febery

Bennett

2019

Australas J Ultrason Med

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Inflammatory conditions of the breast can be a diagnostic challenge, and ultrasound is a proven valuable tool in this setting. In acute infective conditions, ultrasound is often a superior tool to mammography due to the impracticality of applying compression to the breast and the increased parenchymal density of these often younger patients. Although infective processes comprise the majority of inflammatory conditions in the breast, not infrequently other various disease processes can masquerade as infections. In particular, inflammatory breast cancer can be easily misdiagnosed as an infective process and sonography can play an important role in expediting the correct diagnosis. Furthermore, aspiration, drainage and biopsy are frequently required in managing breast inflammation and breast disease generally, and ultrasound is the most practical imaging modality facilitating such interventions. This article provides a review of the ultrasound characteristics of some of the more frequently encountered inflammatory disorders of the breast which span a spectrum of acute to chronic conditions. The various conditions in this report are described in terms of their specific sonographic imaging features as well as pathogenesis, common clinical presentations, and aspects of management are outlined where appropriate.

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