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1: AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2004 Dec;183(6):1779-81.Click here to read Links

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

Laor T, Collins MH, Emery KH, Donnelly LF, Bove KE, Ballard ET.

Department of Radiology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center and University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, 3333 Burnet Ave., Cincinnati, OH 45229-3039, USA.

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.

PMID: 15547228 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]