Benign and malignant mucocele-like tumors of the breast: mammographic and sonographic appearances.

Kim, Ji-Young; Han, Boo-Kyung; Choe, Yeon Hyeon; Ko, Young-Hyeh · AJR Am J Roentgenol · 2005

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Abstract

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