Learning objectives
●Target Audience: general radiologists.
●Determine what constitutes normal breast tissue on computed tomography (CT) of the chest.
●Accurately identify normal from abnormal breast findings.
●Understand which CT findings should warrant suspicion.
●Understand CT findings of common benign breast lesions.
Background
The normal breast on chest CT.
Common characteristics of benign breast lesions.
CT examples of benign breast lesions.
Common characteristics of malignant lesions.
CT examples of incidentally discovered and known malignantbreast lesions.
Review of current literature for the analysis of incidental breast findings on CT.
Recommendations for further work-up.
Personal information and conflict of interest
I. Desai; Los Angeles/US - nothing to disclose F. Urdaneta; Los Angeles/US - nothing to disclose S. Chen; Los Angeles/US - nothing to disclose C. Hassani; Los Angeles/US - nothing to disclose
References
Goldberg PA, White CS, McAvoy MA, et al. CT appearance of the normal and abnormal breast with mammographic correlation. Clin Imaging 1994;18:262–272.
Feder JM, De paredes ES, Hogge JP et-al. Unusual breast lesions: radiologic-pathologic correlation. Radiographics. 1999;19 Spec No : S11-26.
Kerridge, W., Kryvenko, O., Thompson, A., & Shah, B. (n.d.). Fat Necrosis of the Breast: A Pictorial Review of the Mammographic, Ultrasound, CT, and MRI Findings with Histopathologic Correlation. Radiology Research and Practice, 2015, 8.
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