Stellate breast lesions: causes (mnemonic) | pacs

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A handy mnemonic to recall the causes of a stellate breast lesion is:

STARFACE

Mnemonic

S: summation shadow
T: tumor (i.e. invasive breast cancer)
A: abscess
R: radial scar
F: fibroadenoma / fat necrosis
A: adenosis (sclerosing)
CE: other causes, hematoma (e.g. postoperative, post biopsy)

Breast imaging and pathology

breast screening
- breast screening programmes
mammography
digital breast tomosynthesis
breast ultrasound
breast ductography
breast MRI
- breast MRI classification flowchart
- breast MRI enhancement curves
breast morphology
breast intervention
- breast biopsy (ultrasound-guided)
- breast biopsy (stereotactic)
breast pathology
- malignant lesions
  - breast cancer
- borderline breast disease / high risk breast lesion
  - atypical ductal hyperplasia
  - atypical lobular hyperplasia
  - columnar alteration with prominent apical snouts and secretions (CAPSS)
  - flat epithelial atypia
  - lobular intraepithelial neoplasia (LIN III)
  - papillary lesions of the breast
  - radial scar / complex sclerosing lesion
  - sclerosing adenosis
- benign lesions
  - adenosis of the breast
    - blunt duct adenosis of the breast
    - microglandular adenosis of the breast
  - benign papillary lesions of the breast
    - papilloma
      - solitary papilloma of breast
        central solitary papilloma of breast
        
        peripheral solitary papilloma of breast
        
        intraductal papilloma
        sclerosing papilloma
      - multiple papillomata of breast
        juvenile papillomatosis of breast
  - breast cyst
    - breast sebaceous cyst
    - complex breast cyst
  - breast hematoma
  - breast hamartoma
    - breast within a breast
  - breast lipoma
  - ductal adenoma of the breast
  - epidermal inclusion cysts of the breast
  - fat necrosis of the breast
  - fibroadenoma
    - complex fibroadenoma
    - giant fibroadenoma
    - juvenile fibroadenoma
  - granular cell tumor of the breast
  - gynecomastia
  - lymphocytic mastitis
    - diabetic mastopathy
  - mammary fibromatosis
  - oil cyst
  - phyllodes tumor
  - post-surgical breast scar
  - post-radiation breast changes
  - post-traumatic fibrosis
  - pseudoangiomatous stromal hyperplasia (PASH)
  - pseudogynecomastia
  - tubular adenoma
- breast calcifications (approach)
  - morphology
    - microcalcifications within breast
      - pleomorphic microcalcifications within breast
      - rounded microcalcification within breast
      - punctate microcalcification within breast
      - amorphous calcification within breast
    - macrocalcifications within breast
  - distribution
    - cutaneous calcification
    - diffuse/scattered calcification
    - regional calcification
    - clustered calcification / grouped calcification
    - linear calcification
    - segmental calcification
  - location
    - lobular calcification within breast tissue
    - intraductal calcification within breast tissue
    - milk of calcium within a breast cyst
    - vascular calcification in breast tissue
    - skin (dermal) calcification in / around breast tissue
    - suture calcification within breast tissue
    - stromal calcification within breast tissue
    - artifactual calcification from outside the breast
  - suspicious breast calcifications
- infection/inflammation
- vascular lesions
  - breast aneurysm
  - breast varix
- systemic disease
  - breast amyloidosis
  - granulomatosis with polyangiitis: breast manifestations
- gamuts
- classification systems
breast cancer staging

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