Benign and malignant mucocele-like tumors of the breast: mammographic and sonographic appearances

AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2005 Nov;185(5):1310-6. doi: 10.2214/AJR.04.0925.

Abstract

Objective: The purpose of this study was to analyze and compare the mammographic and sonographic appearances of benign and malignant mucocele-like tumors.

Conclusion: The mammographic appearance of mucocele-like tumor of the breast is characterized as pleomorphic calcifications, often increasing in number. Microcalcifications in malignant mucocele-like tumors extended over a wider area than those in benign mucocele-like tumors. Sonography often shows cysts with calcified or noncalcified mural nodules.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Breast Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Calcinosis / diagnostic imaging
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Fibrocystic Breast Disease / diagnostic imaging*
  • Humans
  • Mammography
  • Middle Aged
  • Mucocele / diagnostic imaging*
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Ultrasonography, Mammary