Nodular Fasciitis in the Axillary Tail of the Breast

Authors

  • Dejan Samardzic
  • Alison Lynn Chetlen
  • Jozef Malysz

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3941/jrcr.v8i5.1903

Keywords:

Nodular fasciitis, Mammography, Axilla, Computed Tomography, Benign mesenchymal tumors of the breast

Abstract

Nodular fasciitis is a benign proliferation of myofibroblasts which presents clinically as a rapidly growing mass with nonspecific features on imaging and high cellular activity on histopathology.   Nodular fasciitis can be mistaken for malignant fibrous lesions such as soft tissue sarcoma or breast carcinoma when located within breast tissue. This presents a problem for appropriate treatment planning as the natural history of nodular fasciitis is spontaneous regression. We present the mammographic, sonographic, computed tomography, and histopathologic characteristics of nodular fasciitis in a 68 year female initially presenting with a rapidly enlarging right axillary mass.

Author Biographies

Dejan Samardzic

Radiology Resident, Department of Radiology, Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

Alison Lynn Chetlen

Assistant Professor, Department of Radiology, Breast Imaging Division
Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

Jozef Malysz

Assistant Professor. Department of Pathology,

Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

 

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Published

2014-05-25

Issue

Vol. 8 No. 5 (2014)

Section

Breast Imaging

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