TY - JOUR
T1 - Breast imaging of infectious disease
AU - Rashid, Tariq
AU - Sae-Kho, Tiffany M.
AU - Heuvelhorst, Kara L.
AU - Glazebrook, Katrina N.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 The Authors. Published by the British Institute of Radiology.
PY - 2023/2/1
Y1 - 2023/2/1
N2 - Infectious diseases of the breast can demonstrate a wide variety of clinical presentations and imaging appearances. Breast abscesses are often a complication of infectious mastitis of the breast. Puerperal mastitis is the most common cause of breast abscess, typically affecting postpartum females. Often diagnosed clinically, it is usually treated with antibiotics without need for imaging. Non-puerperal mastitis is relatively uncommon and typically subareolar in loca-tion. Patients can present with asymmetric breast thickening, a palpable lump, nipple discharge, or axillary adenopathy. These presentations can mimic malignancy. Herein, this pictorial review demonstrates imaging findings of common and uncommon infectious processes of the breast and clinically important mimickers of breast infection.
AB - Infectious diseases of the breast can demonstrate a wide variety of clinical presentations and imaging appearances. Breast abscesses are often a complication of infectious mastitis of the breast. Puerperal mastitis is the most common cause of breast abscess, typically affecting postpartum females. Often diagnosed clinically, it is usually treated with antibiotics without need for imaging. Non-puerperal mastitis is relatively uncommon and typically subareolar in loca-tion. Patients can present with asymmetric breast thickening, a palpable lump, nipple discharge, or axillary adenopathy. These presentations can mimic malignancy. Herein, this pictorial review demonstrates imaging findings of common and uncommon infectious processes of the breast and clinically important mimickers of breast infection.
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U2 - 10.1259/bjr.20220649
DO - 10.1259/bjr.20220649
M3 - Review article
C2 - 36651859
AN - SCOPUS:85148747029
SN - 0007-1285
VL - 96
JO - British Journal of Radiology
JF - British Journal of Radiology
IS - 1143
M1 - 20220649
ER -