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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
[[CT scan]] may be helpful in the diagnosis of fibroadenoma. Though not the diagnosis of choice, an oval mass with well defined borders can be seen on [[CT scan]]. | |||
==CT Scan== | ==CT Scan== | ||
*[[CT scan]] may be helpful in the diagnosis of fibroadenoma. | |||
*[[CT scan]] is not the primary method for evaluating the [[breast]]. Usually, [[breast]] lesions are found incidentally while interpreting chest scans.<ref name="pmid27707680">{{cite journal| author=Son JH, Jung HK, Song JW, Baek HJ, Doo KW, Kim W et al.| title=Incidentally detected breast lesions on chest CT with US correlation: a pictorial essay. | journal=Diagn Interv Radiol | year= 2016 | volume= 22 | issue= 6 | pages= 514-518 | pmid=27707680 | doi=10.5152/dir.2016.15539 | pmc=5098945 | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=27707680 }} </ref> | |||
* Findings on [[CT scan]] suggestive of fibroadenoma include:<ref name="pmid27707680">{{cite journal| author=Son JH, Jung HK, Song JW, Baek HJ, Doo KW, Kim W et al.| title=Incidentally detected breast lesions on chest CT with US correlation: a pictorial essay. | journal=Diagn Interv Radiol | year= 2016 | volume= 22 | issue= 6 | pages= 514-518 | pmid=27707680 | doi=10.5152/dir.2016.15539 | pmc=5098945 | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=27707680 }} </ref> | |||
:* Oval [[mass]] | |||
:* Well-defined borders | |||
:* Calcified or non calcified [[nodule]] | |||
:*[[Heterogeneous]] enhancement | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Ifeoma Odukwe, M.D. [2] Haytham Allaham, M.D. [3]
Overview
CT scan may be helpful in the diagnosis of fibroadenoma. Though not the diagnosis of choice, an oval mass with well defined borders can be seen on CT scan.
CT Scan
- CT scan may be helpful in the diagnosis of fibroadenoma.
- CT scan is not the primary method for evaluating the breast. Usually, breast lesions are found incidentally while interpreting chest scans.[1]
- Findings on CT scan suggestive of fibroadenoma include:[1]
- Oval mass
- Well-defined borders
- Calcified or non calcified nodule
- Heterogeneous enhancement
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Son JH, Jung HK, Song JW, Baek HJ, Doo KW, Kim W; et al. (2016). "Incidentally detected breast lesions on chest CT with US correlation: a pictorial essay". Diagn Interv Radiol. 22 (6): 514–518. doi:10.5152/dir.2016.15539. PMC 5098945. PMID 27707680.