Pilomatricoma of the breast in an adolescent girl: sonographic findings

Suk Jung Kim

doi:10.1007/s10396-012-0403-6

Pilomatricoma of the breast in an adolescent girl: sonographic findings

J Med Ultrason (2001). 2013 Apr;40(2):149-51. doi: 10.1007/s10396-012-0403-6. Epub 2012 Oct 16.

Author

Suk Jung Kim¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Radiology, Haeundae Paik Hospital, Inje University College of Medicine, 1435 Jwa-dong, Haeundae-gu, Busan, 612-030, South Korea. pure0815@hanmail.net.

PMID: 27277104
DOI: 10.1007/s10396-012-0403-6

Abstract

I report a case of pilomatricoma of the breast in an adolescent girl. Sonograms showed a solitary circumscribed, oval, heterogeneously hyperechoic mass in the skin. This is the first description of sonographic findings for this rare tumor in an adolescent breast.

Keywords: Adolescent girl; Breast; Pilomatricoma; Ultrasonography.