MRI appearance of accessory breast tissue: a diagnostic consideration for an axillary mass in a peripubertal or pubertal girl

AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2004 Dec;183(6):1779-81. doi: 10.2214/ajr.183.6.01831779.

Abstract

Objective: The purpose of this study was to describe the MRI appearance of accessory breast tissue that should be considered a diagnostic possibility in peripubertal or pubertal girls who present with an axillary mass along the course of the primitive milk streak.

Conclusion: The MRI appearance of accessory breast tissue is of a mass discontinuous with-but with signal intensity and contrast enhancement characteristics similar to-normal breast parenchyma.

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Axilla*
  • Breast*
  • Child
  • Choristoma / diagnosis*
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging*
  • Retrospective Studies