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Traumatic Fat Necrosis of Breast

Palani N .

Abstract


Traumatic fat necrosis of breast is a benign non suppurative inflammation of adipose tissue of breast. Halsted described it as an innocent lesion of breast resembling carcinoma. The incidence of traumatic fat necrosis is 0.6. Here we present a case of traumatic fat necrosis of breast as a consequence of previous fibroadenoma excision. The typical characteristics features of traumatic fat necrosis in mammogram, ultrasonogram and FNAC are discussed.


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