Spontaneous Infarction of Hyperplastic Breast Tissue: A Case Report

Spontaneous breast infarction is a very rare episode, representing about 0.1% of biopsied (1) and 0.3–1.5% of fibroadenoma cases including the reported cases of pregnant women (2-4). Although several cases of breast infarction have been reported in the literature, we found only two reports that described the mammographic findings of an infarcted breast tumor involving five patients (1, 5). In the present study, we describe a case of spontaneous breast infarction in a postpartum woman and discuss the mammography and ultrasonography imaging findings.