10.6084/m9.figshare.7273850.v1
Renato Augusto Eidy Kiota Matsumoto
Renato Augusto Eidy Kiota
Matsumoto
Juliana Hiraoka Catani
Juliana Hiraoka
Catani
Mirela Liberato Campoy
Mirela Liberato
Campoy
Arthur Magalhães Oliveira
Arthur Magalhães
Oliveira
Nestor de Barros
Nestor de
Barros
Radiological findings of breast involvement in benign and malignant systemic diseases
SciELO journals
2018
Breast
Systemic diseases
Collagen disease
Lymphoma
Metastases
2018-10-31 02:50:55
Dataset
https://scielo.figshare.com/articles/dataset/Radiological_findings_of_breast_involvement_in_benign_and_malignant_systemic_diseases/7273850
<div><p>Abstract Although the primary purpose of periodic mammograms in screening programs is to identify lesions suspected of being carcinomas, the findings are often related to systemic (benign or malignant) diseases, rather than breast cancer. Although the involvement of breast structures in systemic diseases is unusual, it can be included in the differential diagnosis of masses, skin changes, calcifications, asymmetry, and axillary lymphadenopathy. The main diagnostic entities that can be associated with such involvement are diabetes, chronic kidney disease, heart diseases, connective tissue diseases, HIV infection, lymphoma, leukemia, and metastases from primary tumors at other sites. In many cases, information related to knowledge and treatment of chronic diseases is not available to the radiologist at the time of evaluation of the mammography findings. The purpose of this essay is to offer relevant pictorial information to the general radiologist about systemic diseases involving the breast, expanding the range of differential diagnoses in order to avoid unnecessary invasive procedures.</p></div>