Breast hamartoma

Case contributed by Bahman Rasuli
Diagnosis almost certain

Presentation

Large palpable soft tissue mass left breast.

Patient Data

Age: 45 years
Gender: Female
mammography

There is a 45x90 mm large well-circumscribed, oval mass containing both fat and soft-tissue density with a thin, radiopaque pseudocapsule suggestive for fibroadenolipoma (hamartoma) in the left breast. This has a breast within a breast appearance.

Scattered punctuate microcalcifications within the mass appear benign type.

Case Discussion

Typical appearances of a breast hamartoma. 

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