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Mature female breast anatomy. The female breast is composed of ducts and lobules contained within supporting stroma.
Harper LK, Simmons CL, Woodard GA, Solanki MH, Bhatt AA. Pictorial Review of Common and Uncommon Pediatric Breast Lesions. Radiographics. 2022;43(1). doi:https://doi.org/10.1148/rg.220117
Five Tanner stages of normal pubertal breast development. (A) Gray-scale US image of Tanner stage I breast tissue in an 8-year-old girl shows a hyperechoic subareolar nodule (arrow). (B) Gray-scale US image of Tanner stage II breast tissue in a 9-year-old girl shows an echogenic nodule with a central stellate hypoechoic focus (). (C) Gray-scale US image of Tanner stage III breast tissue in a 13-year-old adolescent girl shows expanded hyperechoic glandular tissue with central branching and nodular hypoechogenicity (). (D) Gray-scale US image of Tanner stage IV breast tissue in a 15-year-old adolescent girl shows continued expansion of echogenic fibroglandular tissue (arrow) with increasing subcutaneous fat (*). (E) Gray-scale US image of Tanner stage V breast tissue in a 17-year-old adolescent girl shows mature fibroglandular tissue (arrow) without central hypoechogenicity.
Harper LK, Simmons CL, Woodard GA, Solanki MH, Bhatt AA. Pictorial Review of Common and Uncommon Pediatric Breast Lesions. Radiographics. 2022;43(1). doi:https://doi.org/10.1148/rg.220117
The breast has a rich blood supply, which permits safe division and excision of breast tissue, for example during breast reduction surgery. However, the viability of the nipple areolar complex is dependent on vessels that pass through the gland, which must therefore be preserved. // rev.med