Multiple giant fibroadenomas: clinical presentation and radiologic findings

Gynecol Obstet Invest. 1997;43(4):278-80. doi: 10.1159/000291872.

Abstract

We describe the case of a 25-year-old Caucasian woman suffering from unilateral enlargement of the breast. Morphologic evaluation of various imaging modalities including mammography, ultrasound, and magnetic resonance imaging suggested a benign tumor embedded in stromal tissue. The time course of the Gd-DTPA uptake in dynamic magnetic resonance imaging, however, was also compatible with a malignant lesion. Postoperative pathological examination revealed multiple giant fibroadenomas, a rare disease, usually encountered in black female adolescents. Radiologic presentation, differential diagnosis, and morphologic findings are discussed, and a review of the literature is contained herein.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Breast / pathology
  • Breast Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Breast Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Breast Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Fibroadenoma / diagnosis
  • Fibroadenoma / diagnostic imaging*
  • Fibroadenoma / pathology*
  • Gadolinium
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Mammography
  • Pentetic Acid / pharmacokinetics
  • Time Factors
  • Ultrasonography, Mammary

Substances

  • Pentetic Acid
  • Gadolinium