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DOI:10.2214/AJR.04.0925
AJR 2005; 185:1310-1316
© American Roentgen Ray Society

Clinical Observations

Benign and Malignant Mucocele-Like Tumors of the Breast: Mammographic and Sonographic Appearances

Ji-Young Kim1,2, Boo-Kyung Han1, Yeon Hyeon Choe1 and Young-Hyeh Ko3

1 Department of Radiology and Center for Imaging Science, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, 50, Ilwon-Dong, Kangnam-Ku, Seoul 135-710, South Korea.
2 Present address: Department of Radiology, Sanggye Paik Hospital, Inje University College of Medicine, Seoul 139-707, South Korea.
3 Depatment of Pathology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul 135-710, South Korea.

OBJECTIVE. The purpose of this study was to analyze and compare the mammographic and sonographic appearances of benign and malignant mucocele-like tumors.

CONCLUSION. The mammographic appearance of mucocele-like tumor of the breast is characterized as pleomorphic calcifications, often increasing in number. Microcalcifications in malignant mucocele-like tumors extended over a wider area than those in benign mucocele-like tumors. Sonography often shows cysts with calcified or noncalcified mural nodules.


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