Open AccessBreast Lesions during Pregnancy - a Diagnostic Challenge: Case Report
Author(s) -
Ines Beyer,
Nikola Mutschler,
Katrin S. Blum,
Svjetlana Mohrmann
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
breast care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.767
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1661-3805
pISSN - 1661-3791
DOI - 10.1159/000381823
Subject(s) - medicine , biopsy , pregnancy , radiology , mammography , breast cancer , lesion , magnetic resonance imaging , cancer , surgery , genetics , biology
Palpable masses of the breast often occur during pregnancy and should be further investigated. The standard diagnostic during pregnancy is an ultrasound combined, if needed, with a core needle biopsy. Most lesions are benign in younger women but, nevertheless, the incidence of pregnancy-associated breast cancer is 1 in 3,000 deliveries and rising.
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