Breast oil cyst (chest x-ray)

Case contributed by Craig Hacking ◉

Diagnosis certain

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Citation:

Hacking C, Breast oil cyst (chest x-ray). Case study, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 23 Mar 2025) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-173998

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https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-173998

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https://radiopaedia.org/cases/173998

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173998

Disclosures:

At the time the case was submitted for publication Craig Hacking had the following disclosures:

Philips Australia, Paid speaker at Philips Spectral CT events (ongoing)

These were assessed during peer review and were determined to not be relevant to the changes that were made.

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Case published:

18 Sep 2023

Revisions:

4 times, by 4 contributors - see full revision history and disclosures

Systems:

Breast, Chest

Institution:

Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital

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Presentation

Manual vacuum aspiration (MVA).

Patient Data

Age: 35 years

Gender: Female

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Well-defined thin peripherally calcified lesion projected in the right midzone.

Case Discussion

The patient had a history of previous manual vacuum aspiration (MVA) with a known right breast oil cyst.

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