Asymmetric Venous Engorgement of the Breast Due to a High Output Hemodialysis Fistula FIGURE 2. Gray-scale (left) and color Doppler (right) sonograms of the right breast show dilated and tortuous vessels.
Unusually asymmetric venous engorgement of the breast after long-term hemodialysis
β Scribed by Min Jung Kim; Eun-Kyung Kim; Ki Keun Oh
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 144 KB
- Volume
- 34
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0091-2751
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β¦ Synopsis
Abstract
Venous engorgement of the breast demonstrated on mammography is usually considered a minor sign of malignancy. We report the sonographic and mammographic findings in an unusual case of asymmetric enlargement of the mammary veins in a middleβaged patient as a complication of longβterm hemodialysis. Β© 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Clin Ultrasound 34:27β29, 2006
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