Open AccessVascular chest wall lesion mimicking a breast tumor on screening mammograms: Report of a case
Author(s) -
Metaxa Linda,
Suaris Tamara D.,
Dani Shefali
Publication year - 2019
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 - 10.1111/tbj.13445
Subject(s) - medicine , asymptomatic , radiology , mammography , lesion , pectoralis major muscle , parenchyma , pathology , breast cancer , cancer
Vascular lesions in the chest wall muscles are extremely rare and can cause diagnostic difficulties on screening mammograms. We describe a case of venous malformation of the pectoralis muscle, diagnosed during routine screening, in a 60‐year‐old woman. The mammograms showed a mass over the chest wall, projecting in the breast parenchyma. The ultrasound was not diagnostic. The definite diagnosis was made using MRI, and to our knowledge, only 1 similar case has been reported so far, but this is the only asymptomatic case depicted during screening services.