Department of Radiology, Kyung Hee University Hospital, College of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, 23 Kyungheedae-ro, Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul 130-872, Korea.
J Ultrasound Med. 2013 Jul;32(7):1261-70. doi: 10.7863/ultra.32.7.1261.
The diagnosis of axillary masses can be challenging because various tumors can develop in parts of the axilla other than lymph nodes, even though we frequently encounter axillary masses in daily practice. These lesions include soft tissue masses associated with nontumorous conditions (accessory breast tissue and chronic granulomatous inflammation) and benign and malignant tumorous conditions (lipomas, epidermal inclusion cysts, lymphangiomas, fibroadenomas, schwannomas, malignant neuroendocrine tumors, and lymph node-associated diseases). In this pictorial essay, we display commonly encountered sonographic findings of various axillary lesions to assist in the differential diagnosis of axillary masses.
腋窝肿块的诊断具有挑战性，因为除了淋巴结之外，腋窝的其他部位也可能发生各种肿瘤，尽管我们在日常实践中经常遇到腋窝肿块。这些病变包括与非肿瘤性疾病相关的软组织肿块（副乳腺组织和慢性肉芽肿性炎症）以及良性和恶性肿瘤性疾病（脂肪瘤、表皮包涵囊肿、淋巴管瘤、纤维腺瘤、神经鞘瘤、恶性神经内分泌肿瘤和与淋巴结相关的疾病）。在本影像学专题文章中，我们展示了各种腋窝病变常见的超声表现，以协助腋窝肿块的鉴别诊断。
