Cavernous hemangioma of the breast
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Presentation was changed:
A 61-year-old woman presented with a painless lump in her right breast.
The mass was palpable and mobile, of about 1 cm, located near the inframammary fold of the lower-inner quadrant of the right breast.
The lesion was superficially situated and was hardly visible by breast ultrasound because it was isoechoic to the surrounding subcutaneous fat.
Body was changed:
A fine needle cytology was performed and no malignant cells were detected.
As the lesion had increased in size compared to a previous mammogram 2 years earlier, it was completely excised under local anesthesia.The final histological diagnosis was haemangioma, cavernous type.
Haemangiomas are rare benign vascular tumors in the breast with incidence between 1.2% (if clinical detested) and 11% (in post-mortem specimens).
They generally are located superficially in the subcutaneous tissue and as such are palpable.
Cavernous haemangiomas are the most common type.
Their progression to malignant change is controversial.
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completely excised under local anesthesia.The final histological diagnosis was haemangioma, cavernous type.</p><p><span style="line-height:1.6"><a title="Breast haemangioma" href="/articles/breast-venous-malformation">Haemangiomas</a> are rare benign vascular tumors in the breast with incidence between 1.2% (if clinical detested) and 11% (in post-mortem specimens).</span></p><p>They generally are located superficially in the subcutaneous tissue and as such are palpable.</p><p>Cavernous haemangiomas are the most common type.</p><p>Their progression to malignant change is controversial.</p><p><!--EndFragment--></p>
Updates to Study Attributes
Modality was set to Ultrasound.
Findings was added:
Breast ultrasound hardly shows an ovoid isoechoic mass with parallel orientation and without posterior acoustic shadowing.
The lesion was superficially situated and was hardly visible by breast ultrasound because it was isoechoic to the surrounding subcutaneous fat.
Images Changes:
Image 1 Ultrasound (create)
Updates to Study Attributes
Modality changed from Ultrasound to Mammography.
Findings was changed:
A fine needle cytology was performedMediolateral oblique mammogram shows 1 cm dense mass with lobular shape and no malignant cells were detected.
As the lesion had increased in size compared to a previous mammogram 2 years earliercircumscribed margins, it was completely excised under local anesthesia.The final histological diagnosis was haemangioma, cavernous typelocated superficially.
Images Changes:
Image Mammography (MLO - RT) (update)
Plane Projection was set to MLO.
Image 1 Mammography (MLO - RT) (create)
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