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Unusually asymmetric venous engorgement of the breast after long‐term hemodialysis
Author(s) -
Kim Min Jung,
Kim EunKyung,
Oh Ki Keun
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
journal of clinical ultrasound
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.272
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1097-0096
pISSN - 0091-2751
DOI - 10.1002/jcu.20180
Subject(s) - medicine , hemodialysis , mammography , ultrasound , complication , malignancy , mammary gland , radiology , surgery , breast cancer , cancer
Venous engorgement of the breast demonstrated on mammography is usually considered a minor sign of malignancy. We report the sonographic and mammographic findings in an unusual case of asymmetric enlargement of the mammary veins in a middle‐aged patient as a complication of long‐term hemodialysis. © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Clin Ultrasound 34 :27–29, 2006