Epidemiology


Etiology


  • Often associated with soft tissue trauma

Pathophysiology


Dead fat tissues replaced by scar tissues

Clinical features


Diagnostics


  • Mammography
    • Fluid-filled oil cyst
    • Coarse rim calcifications
  • Image-guided biopsy
    • Foam cells and multinucleated giant cells
    • Necrotic fat cells
    • Hemosiderin deposition and chronic inflammation

Mnemonic

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Treatment