Sonographic Appearances of Juvenile Fibroadenoma of the Breast

作者:Kim Suk Jung; Park Young Mi*; Jung Soo Jin; Lee Kwang Hwi; Kim Ok Hwa; Ryu Ji Hwa; Choi Gi Bok; Lee Sun Joo; Choo Hye Jung; Jeong Hae Woong
来源:Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine, 2014, 33(11): 1879-1884.
DOI:10.7863/ultra.33.11.1879

摘要

Objectives-The purpose of this study was to evaluate characteristic features of juvenile fibroadenoma of the breast on sonography. %26lt;br%26gt;Methods Our study included 34 juvenile fibroadenomas confirmed by surgical biopsy or sonographically guided 8-gauge vacuum-assisted biopsy in 23 patients (age range, 15-47 years; mean age, 25 years). Sonographic findings of the lesions were analyzed retrospectively by 2 radiologists in consensus according to the American College of Radiology Breast Imaging Reporting and Data System (BI-RADS) lexicon. The BI-RADS final assessment category was also established. %26lt;br%26gt;Results On sonography, all fibroadenomas presented as masses. The mean size was 30 mm. Regarding shape, there were 29 oval, 2 round, and 3 irregular masses. The margins were circumscribed in 24, indistinct in 5, microlobulated in 4, and angular in 1. Regarding echogenicity, 16 masses were hypoechoic, 16 isoechoic, and 2 complex echoic. Posterior acoustic characteristics included posterior acoustic enhancement in 22 masses (65%), posterior shadowing in 1, and no posterior acoustic features in 9; this information was not available in 2. The lesion boundary presented as an abrupt interface in 32 and an echogenic halo in 2. The orientation was parallel in 32 and nonparallel in 2. Calcifications were present in 3 cases and absent in 31. On color Doppler sonography, the masses were usually hypervascular with vessel counts of 5 or more (87%). The BI-RADS final assessment categories were 3 in 24 and 4a in 10. %26lt;br%26gt;Conclusions The dominant sonographic presentation of juvenile fibroadenoma is a circumscribed oval hypoechoic or isoechoic mass, which resembles that of simple fibroadenoma. Juvenile fibroadenomas frequently show posterior acoustic enhancement and hypervascularity on color Doppler sonography.

  • 出版日期2014-11