Imaging Spectrums of the Male Breast Diseases: A Pictorial Essay

남성 유방질환의 영상 소견: 임상화보

  • Kim, Hye-Jeong (Department of Radiology, Kangnam Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine) ;
  • Choi, Seon-Hyeong (Department of Radiology, Sungkyunkwan University College of Medicine, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital) ;
  • Ahn, Hye-Kyung (Department of Pathology, Kangnam Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine) ;
  • Chung, Soo-Young (Department of Radiology, Kangnam Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine) ;
  • Yang, Ik (Department of Radiology, Kangnam Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine) ;
  • Jung, Ah-Young (Department of Radiology, Kangnam Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine)
  • 김혜정 (한림대학교 의과대학 강남성심병원 영상의학과학교실) ;
  • 최선형 (성균관대학교 의과대학 강북삼성병원 영상의학과학교실) ;
  • 안혜경 (한림대학교 의과대학 강남성심병원 병리과학교실) ;
  • 정수영 (한림대학교 의과대학 강남성심병원 영상의학과학교실) ;
  • 양익 (한림대학교 의과대학 강남성심병원 영상의학과학교실) ;
  • 정아영 (한림대학교 의과대학 강남성심병원 영상의학과학교실)
  • Published : 2011.08.01

Abstract

Most described male breast lesions, such as gynecomastia, are benign. The overall incidence of male breast cancer is less than 3%. Like women, common presentations of male breast diseases are palpable lumps or tenderness. Physical examination, mammography and ultrasound are generally used for work-up of breast diseases in both women and men. However, men do not undergo screening mammograms; all male patients are examined in symptomatic cases only. Therefore, all male breast examinations are diagnostic, whereas the majority of the examinations for women are for screening purpose. The differentiation between benign and malignant breast lesions is important, especially for men, because the reported prognosis of male breast cancer is poor due to delayed diagnosis. In this article, we review the spectrum of male breast diseases, from benign to malignant, and illustrate their ultrasonographic and mammographic imaging features.

남성 유방질환의 대부분은 여성형 유방과 같은 양성질환이며, 남성 유방암의 유병률은 전체 남성 유방질환에서 3% 이내로 드물다. 남성 유방질환도 여성과 마찬가지로 동통 및 만져지는 종괴를 주소로 내원하며, 여성과 마찬가지로 촉진 및 유방 초음파 검사와 유방촬영술 등이 주로 이용된다. 남성은 여성과 달리 선별유방검사를 시행하지 않고 증상이 있는 경우에만 검사가 진행되므로 모든 남성 유방검사는 진단적 검사이다. 남성 유방암은 진단이 늦어지는 경우가 많아 예후가 안 좋은 것으로 알려져 있기 때문에 이러한 진단적 검사시 양성과 악성의 감별이 중요하다. 이에 우리는 남성의 다양한 악성 및 양성 유방질환의 초음파 소견 및 유방촬영술의 소견을 기술하였다.

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