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  • Title: Benign and malignant mucocele-like tumors of the breast: mammographic and sonographic appearances.
    Author: Kim JY, Han BK, Choe YH, Ko YH.
    Journal: AJR Am J Roentgenol; 2005 Nov; 185(5):1310-6. PubMed ID: 16247155.
    Abstract:
    OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to analyze and compare the mammographic and sonographic appearances of benign and malignant mucocele-like tumors. CONCLUSION: The mammographic appearance of mucocele-like tumor of the breast is characterized as pleomorphic calcifications, often increasing in number. Microcalcifications in malignant mucocele-like tumors extended over a wider area than those in benign mucocele-like tumors. Sonography often shows cysts with calcified or noncalcified mural nodules.
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