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Case 59: Angiolipoma of the Breast¹

¹ From the Department of Radiology, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, 1 Silverstein Bldg, 3400 Spruce St, Philadelphia, PA 19104. Received August 24, 2001; revision requested October 1; revision received December 7; accepted January 7, 2002. Address correspondence to S.P.W.

View larger version (80K): [in a new window]   Figure 1a. (a) Craniocaudal and (b) mediolateral views of the right breast do not reveal a focal abnormality at the site of the palpable breast mass that is marked with a metallic marker (arrows). (c) Spot compression view of the right breast in the craniocaudal position also does not reveal a focal underlying breast mass (white dot).

View larger version (88K): [in a new window]   Figure 1b. (a) Craniocaudal and (b) mediolateral views of the right breast do not reveal a focal abnormality at the site of the palpable breast mass that is marked with a metallic marker (arrows). (c) Spot compression view of the right breast in the craniocaudal position also does not reveal a focal underlying breast mass (white dot).

View larger version (85K): [in a new window]   Figure 1c. (a) Craniocaudal and (b) mediolateral views of the right breast do not reveal a focal abnormality at the site of the palpable breast mass that is marked with a metallic marker (arrows). (c) Spot compression view of the right breast in the craniocaudal position also does not reveal a focal underlying breast mass (white dot).

View larger version (117K): [in a new window]   Figure 2. US image of the right breast at the 7-o’clock position reveals a homogeneously echogenic well-circumscribed mass (arrows). The overlying skin (*) appears to be normal.

View larger version (114K): [in a new window]   Figure 3. Medium-power microscopic view of the angiolipoma shows a mixture of mature adipose tissue and capillaries enmeshed in a fibrous stroma. Capillaries form a network of anastomosing channels. (Hematoxylin-eosin stain; original magnification, x200.)