Sonographic and mammographic appearances of breast hemangioma.

Mesurolle, Benoît; Sygal, Vitaly; Lalonde, Lucie; Lisbona, André; Dufresne, Michel-Pierre; Gagnon, Jean H; Kao, Ellen · AJR Am J Roentgenol · 2008

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Abstract

The purpose of our study was to retrospectively evaluate the clinical, imaging, and pathologic findings of breast hemangiomas in 16 patients. A mass displaying an oval or lobular shape with well-circumscribed or microlobulated margins on mammography and sonography, and in a superficial location, should alert the radiologist to the possible diagnosis of hemangioma. Imaging-guided biopsy appears sufficiently reliable to rule out any malignant or premalignant component and to avoid a surgical excision if doing so is clinically appropriate.

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