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Fat necrosis of breast

MedGen UID:
57847
•Concept ID:
C0156321
•
Disease or Syndrome
Synonyms: Breast Fat Necrosis; breast fat necrosis; Fat Necrosis of Breast; fat necrosis of breast; Fat Necrosis of the Breast; fat Necrosis of the breast
SNOMED CT: Fat necrosis of breast (21381006)
 
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0001101

Definition

Localized necrosis of the adipose tissue in the breast. Clinically, it may present as a mass. Causes include injury, surgical procedures, and radiation treatment. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVFat necrosis of breast

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Intraoperative radiation therapy in the management of early stage breast cancer.
Asha W, Geara F, Quinn S, Shah C
Brachytherapy 2023 Jan-Feb;22(1):47-52. Epub 2022 Oct 5 doi: 10.1016/j.brachy.2022.09.003. PMID: 36207243
Management of postoperative microvascular compromise and ischemia reperfusion injury in breast reconstruction using autologous tissue transfer: Retrospective review of 2103 flaps.
Coriddi M, Myers P, Mehrara B, Nelson J, Cordeiro PG, Disa J, Matros E, Dayan J, Allen R, McCarthy C
Microsurgery 2022 Feb;42(2):109-116. Epub 2021 Dec 2 doi: 10.1002/micr.30845. PMID: 34854501Free PMC Article
Breast Surgery: Management of Postoperative Complications Following Operations for Breast Cancer.
Al-Hilli Z, Wilkerson A
Surg Clin North Am 2021 Oct;101(5):845-863. Epub 2021 Aug 7 doi: 10.1016/j.suc.2021.06.014. PMID: 34537147

Recent clinical studies

Diagnosis

Fat necrosis of the breast--a review.
Tan PH, Lai LM, Carrington EV, Opaluwa AS, Ravikumar KH, Chetty N, Kaplan V, Kelley CJ, Babu ED
Breast 2006 Jun;15(3):313-8. Epub 2005 Sep 29 doi: 10.1016/j.breast.2005.07.003. PMID: 16198567
Fat necrosis of breast: a potential pitfall in breast MRI.
Kinoshita T, Yashiro N, Yoshigi J, Ihara N, Narita M
Clin Imaging 2002 Jul-Aug;26(4):250-3. doi: 10.1016/s0899-7071(02)00426-6. PMID: 12140154

Recent systematic reviews

Fat necrosis of the breast--a review.
Tan PH, Lai LM, Carrington EV, Opaluwa AS, Ravikumar KH, Chetty N, Kaplan V, Kelley CJ, Babu ED
Breast 2006 Jun;15(3):313-8. Epub 2005 Sep 29 doi: 10.1016/j.breast.2005.07.003. PMID: 16198567

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