Abstract
A 22-year-old woman was referred to our department with a painless, fast growing breast mass. She noticed this mass during lactation, after giving birth to her first child. Her gynecologist palpated a large mass in the left breast, two smaller nodules in the left breast, and one small nodule in the right breast. Ultrasonography of the breasts, mammography and MRI were performed, and a tentative diagnosis of phyllodes tumor was proposed. She was subsequently referred to our centre.
Highlights
A 22-year-old woman was referred to our department with a painless, fast growing breast mass
Several benign breast lesions are closely related to these changes and are unique to pregnancy and lactation
The most common benign breast lesions encountered in lactating women are galactoceles
Summary
1 2 Fig. LACTATING ADENOMA, GALACTOCELES — LEFERE et al Work-up US image of the upper outer quadrant of the left breast (Fig. 1) demonstrates a large mass, consisting of two different components. The superficial component consists of reflective material and is compressible, suggestive of fluid content. US image of the left breast, 6 o’ clock (Fig. 2) visualizes a large mass with reflective, compressible content, suggestive of fluid.
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