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image of Sonographic Features of Juvenile Fibroadenoma in Children-a Retrospective Study

Abstract

Aims:

Studies specifically examining the sonographic features of juvenile fibroadenoma in the pediatric population have not been documented. We aimed to analyze sonograms of juvenile fibroadenoma in children.

Subjects and Methods:

Patients aged ≤ 18 years who underwent breast ultrasound examinations at our department and had pathologically proven juvenile fibroadenoma from September 2002 to January 2022 were included in this study. Demographic data, clinical findings, and sonograms were retrospectively analyzed. Patients were further divided into the puberty and post-puberty subgroups, and their results were compared.

Results:

A total of 24 girls aged 10-18 years with 27 masses diagnosed as juvenile fibroadenomas were identified. The diameter of the masses averaged 5.8 ± 3.3 cm, with a range of 1.5-13.6 cm. Twenty-one (87.5%) patients had a single mass and 3 had double lesions. Over 80% of the lesions were oval-shaped and encapsulated with circumscribed margins and parallel orientation. All masses showed internal hypoechogenicity, either uniform or heterogeneous. For masses that had a diameter > 5 cm, screening with high-frequency transducers revealed no posterior acoustic features or posterior shadowing. However, these features changed to posterior acoustic enhancement when the masses were re-evaluated using low-frequency transducers. Ultrasonic color Doppler showed blood flow in 24 (88.9%) masses. There were no significant differences in the incidence and sonographic features between the two subgroups.

Conclusion:

Most juvenile fibroadenomas in children are oval, circumscribed, encapsulated masses with detectable blood flow. All juvenile fibroadenomas presented in this study exhibit internal hypoechogenicity with no posterior acoustic shadowing detected in any cases. Our findings suggest that screening with low-frequency transducers should be performed for a mass that has a diameter > 5 cm.

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