Open AccessInflammatory Pseudotumor of the Breast: Case Report and Literature Review
Author(s) -
Haj Mahmoud,
Weiss Michael,
Loberant Norman,
Cohen Isaac
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
the breast journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.533
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 1524-4741
pISSN - 1075-122X
DOI - 10.1046/j.1524-4741.2003.09516.x
Subject(s) - medicine , malignancy , biopsy , inflammatory pseudotumor , lesion , radiology , breast imaging , pathology , mammography , breast cancer , cancer
Inflammatory pseudotumor (IP) is a benign lesion that can affect any tissue in the body and which may be confused clinically and in imaging for malignancy. Despite the widespread performance of breast biopsy, the finding of inflammatory pseudotumor of the breast is exceedingly rare. Excision of the tumor is the treatment of choice, but there is a relatively high rate of recurrence. The aim of this report is to describe the clinical, imaging, and pathologic features in a case of breast IP, the first reported case in a postpartum woman still nursing her infant.