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Incidentalomas are lesions incidentally identified in patients undergoing imaging for unrelated reasons. Breast incidentalomas have a high correlation with malignancy, occurring in over 40% of cases. Consequently, their interpretation poses significant challenges for radiologists who must discern the findings that may present a potential risk to the patient. This pictorial review presents different incidental breast lesions revealed through cross-sectional imaging. We further review key concepts related to such incidentalomas.
Incidentally detected breast lesions: a pictorial essay of malignant and benign findings
TachibanaBMT, CarneiroRM, YonekuraI, RibeiroRLM, RacyACS, FedericciEF. Incidentally detected breast lesions: a pictorial essay of malignant and benign findings. einstein (Sao Paulo). 2025;23:eRW0681. https://doi.org/10.31744/einstein_journal/2025RW0681
Tachibana,Bruna Mayumi Takaki; Carneiro,Rodrigo Marques; Yonekura,Iviny; Ribeiro,Renato Leme de Moura; Racy,Ana Cláudia Silveira; Federicci,Érica Elisângela Francolin. Incidentally detected breast lesions: a pictorial essay of malignant and benign findings. einstein (Sao Paulo)., v. 23, eRW0681, jun. 2025. https://doi.org/10.31744/einstein_journal/2025RW0681
Tachibana,B.M.T., Carneiro,R.M., Yonekura,I., Ribeiro,R.L.M., Racy,A.C.S., & Federicci,E.F. (2025). Incidentally detected breast lesions: a pictorial essay of malignant and benign findings. einstein (Sao Paulo).,23, eRW0681. https://doi.org/10.31744/einstein_journal/2025RW0681
Tachibana,Bruna Mayumi Takaki and Carneiro,Rodrigo Marques and Yonekura,Iviny and Ribeiro,Renato Leme de Moura and Racy,Ana Cláudia Silveira and Federicci,Érica Elisângela Francolin. Incidentally detected breast lesions: a pictorial essay of malignant and benign findings. einstein (Sao Paulo). [online]. 2025, vol. 23, [cited 2025-09-06], eRW0681. Available from: <https://journal.einstein.br/pt-br/article/incidentally-detected-breast-lesions-a-pictorial-essay-of-malignant-and-benign-findings/>. ISSN 1679-4508. https://doi.org/10.31744/einstein_journal/2025RW0681
Figure 10
A 68-year-old woman underwent a chest CT for colon tumor staging. (A) The study identified a mass in the union of the upper quadrants of the left breast (arrow). (B) A breast ultrasound revealed an oval-shaped nodule. (C) Mammography showed a nodule suggestive of an atypical intramammary lymph node (arrow). The anatomopathological result was adipose tissue with fibroblastic reaction to hematologic material (hematoma in organization)
A 68-year-old woman underwent a chest CT for colon tumor staging. (A) The study identified a mass in the union of the upper quadrants of the left breast (arrow). (B) A breast ultrasound revealed an oval-shaped nodule. (C) Mammography showed a nodule suggestive of an atypical intramammary lymph node (arrow). The anatomopathological result was adipose tissue with fibroblastic reaction to hematologic material (hematoma in organization)