Kinking of the vertebral artery (2003:3b)

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Focal breast lesions with benign appearances. Review of eight breast cancers with initial features of intramammary lymphnode

PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to evaluate whether certain histological types of early breast cancer may share radiographic features with intramammary lymph nodes. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The previous mammograms of patients with histologically proven breast cancer and lesions displaying the morphological features of intramammary lymph nodes were retrospectively reviewed. RESULTS: Retrospective evaluation demonstrated eight breast cancers of varying histological nature--mostly ductal carcinomas not otherwise specified (NOS)--whose early radiographic features were similar to intramammary lymph nodes. CONCLUSIONS: Although uncommon, a lesion with the radiographic features of an intramammary lymph node may hide an early breast cancer. No significant relationship exists between histological type and the presence of such features

Imaging of the male breast.

Very few studies have dealt with the male breast, in particular as compared with the female breast, no doubt as a result of the high incidence and mortality of breast cancer in women. However, in routine practice breast radiologists are often faced with male breast disorders, but often have difficulties because of the limited experience in this field. The purpose of this pictorial essay is to summarise the clinical, pathophysiological, radiological and ultrasonographic patterns of male breast disorders based on a review of personal cases (398 cases from 1993 to 2004), in an attempt to propose guidelines for a more consistent approach to this only apparently marginal branch of male pathology