Imaging findings of chest wall lesions on breast sonography

J Ultrasound Med. 2008 Jan;27(1):125-38. doi: 10.7863/jum.2008.27.1.125.

Abstract

Objective: The purpose of this presentation is to illustrate the sonographic findings of chest wall lesions that were depicted on breast sonography.

Methods: Chest wall lesions detected during breast sonography were collected and reviewed retrospectively.

Results: The sonographic findings of normal chest walls and various pathologic chest wall lesions, including inflammatory lesions, benign neoplasms, and malignant neoplasms, are discussed.

Conclusions: Familiarity with normal sonographic anatomy and chest wall lesions could be helpful in differentiating a chest wall lesion from a breast lesion and in showing whether the origin of any palpable breast lump is in the breast parenchyma or the chest wall on breast sonography.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Breast Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Breast Neoplasms / pathology
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Neoplasm Metastasis / diagnostic imaging
  • Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / diagnostic imaging
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Thoracic Wall / diagnostic imaging*
  • Thoracic Wall / pathology
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Ultrasonography, Mammary*