A 51-year-old woman with neurofibromatosis type 1 presented to our department for investigation of a left breast lump (50 x 50 x 30 mm); a mass in the right breast (40 x 40 x 20 mm) was also detected on physical examination. The lumps were suspected to be malignant based on physical examination and ultrasonography. Biopsy and frozen sections subsequently confirmed a diagnosis of bilateral invas...

INTRODUCTION Between January 2000 and December 2005, a total of 30 cases of impalpable suspicious breast lesions (microcalcifications or impalpable lumps classified as BRADS IV and above) were biopsied after hook wire localization. This is a retrospective review of these cases. RESULTS One third of the suspicious lesions were malignant or pre-malignant. All these had further oncological treat...

Bilateral gigantomastia is a rare condition, often associated with pregnancy that is characterized by a diffuse enlargement of both breasts. Here we present a case of a late 20s woman in her seven months pregnancy with a bilateral gestational gigantomastia associated with multiple breast lumps. Histological analysis revealed a fibroadenoma. Her prolactin level after caesarean delivery was found...

Idiopathic granulomatous mastitis (IGM) is a rare chronic inflammatory disease of the breast that simulates other diseases, such as cancer, abscess and periductal mastitis. It does not present defining characteristics on imaging diagnostic tests and treatment continues to be controversial. We present 3 cases of IGM that were diagnosed in our hospital over the course of a year. The patients were...

Benign breast lumps affect 10% of females in their lifetime. Surveillance, assurance, medications and surgical excision are options available to surgeons. Avoiding scars on the breast is an inherent feminine desire. Numerous minimal invasive approaches have evolved due to this concern. The time honoured circumareolar incisions camouflages the scar to a large extent, yet the incision still remai...

on the body. A clear history was not obtainable, but the ulcer appeared to have been present for several weeks. She had been receiving 4 gm. of sulphetrone a week for 9 months previously. On examination, a subacutely inflamed ulcer, about 1 to 2 cm. diameter, was seen on the lower medial quadrant of the right breast. This ulcer was found to overlie a small firm mass in the breast, and other sim...

Background Breast tuberculosis is a rare form of extrapulmonary tuberculosis with clinical and radiological misleading presentations. We report herein a retrospective study of clinicopathological features of five cases of breast tuberculosis collected at Hassan II University Hospital of Fès, Morocco, a country where tuberculosis is endemic. Case presentation The mean age was 40.6 years (range...

Ultrasonography (US), which is used for the diagnosis of breast cancer and the evaluation of its local metastasis, has proven its worth as a diagnostic method. In breast ultrasonographic examination peripherally localized metastatic lesions at the posterior of the screened breast tissue can also be detected. In this case report, two female patients whose breast ultrasonography showed lumps. The...

Breast cancer is one amongst the leading cancers for ladies in developed countries including Asian nation. It is the second most typical explanation for cancer death in women. The high incidence of breast cancer in women has redoubled considerably within the last years. In this paper discussion on varied data processing approaches that are used for carcinoma identification and prognosis. Carcin...