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Infarction of the mammary recion mimicking carcinoma of the breast
Author(s) -
Robitaille Y.,
Seemayer T. A.,
Thelmo W. L.,
Cumberlidge M. C.
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0142(197404)33:4<1183::aid-cncr2820330443>3.0.co;2-g
Subject(s) - medicine , breast carcinoma , pathology , infarction , fat necrosis , necrosis , carcinoma , breast cancer , myocardial infarction , cancer
A case of infarction of the axillary tail of the breast in a 76‐year‐old woman is presented. The main pathologic findings consisted of massive ischemic fat necrosis excluding the skin, associated with a nonspecific panarteritis, focal endarteritis obliterans, and inflammation of small veins. A review of the literature was conducted, following which the clinico‐pathologic findings were grouped into two broad categories, depending on whether the cases mimicked carcinoma or not. A number of common patterns emerged in each group, prompting the proposal of a clinico‐pathologic classification for these entities.