Fat Necrosis of the Breast Following Folinic Acid Extravasation.

ABSTRACT: Case Report: We report here on a 58-year-old patient with abnormal findings in the left breast on screening mammography (October 2012). In May 2008 the patient was diagnosed with rectal cancer, subsequently treated by surgical resection followed by radiochemotherapy. In September 2011 the patient was diagnosed with peritoneal cancer. Extravasation of folinic acid occurred during palliative chemotherapy, which was delivered through a surgically implanted port, placed prepectorally on the left side. The patient had not previously undergone breast surgery. The abnormal finding in the left breast was located at the 1-2 o'clock position. The mammogram showed extensive hyperdense nodules with predominantly round, fine granular calcifications. On sonography, the findings presented as a hyp

SUBMITTER: Hammon M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3858984 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature