Breast lipoma with central fat necrosis: case report

Pan Afr Med J. 2016 Dec 13:25:235. doi: 10.11604/pamj.2016.25.235.10935. eCollection 2016.

Abstract

Fat necrosis of the breast is a benign non-suppurative inflammatory process of adipose tissue that most commonly occurs as the result of minor breast trauma. We present a case of a 40-years-old female with fat necrosis in a breast lipoma. She presented with an overlapping mass on the lateral quadrants. Mammography showed Well delineated radiolucent mass with peripheral "egg-shell" calcifications, that appeared an hypoechoic mass with posterior shadowing on ultrasonography. A history of accidental trauma raises the suspicion of fat necrosis. Pathology is necessary when radiological findings simulate malignancy.

Keywords: Fat necrosis; breast; calcifications; eggshell; lipoma; mammography.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adipose Tissue / diagnostic imaging
  • Adipose Tissue / pathology
  • Adult
  • Breast Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Breast Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Fat Necrosis / diagnostic imaging
  • Fat Necrosis / pathology*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Lipoma / diagnostic imaging
  • Lipoma / pathology*
  • Mammography
  • Wounds and Injuries / complications