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Sonographic and Mammographic Appearances of Breast Hemangioma

¹ Department of Radiology, Cedar Breast Clinic, McGill University Health Center, Royal Victoria Hospital, 687 Pine Ave. W, Montréal, PQ H3G 1A4, Canada.
² Département de Radiologie, Centre d'Imagerie du Sein, Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CHUM), Montréal, PQ, Canada.
³ Department of Radiology, Sir Mortimer B. Davis-Jewish General Hospital, Montréal, PQ, Canada.
⁴ Département de Radiologie, Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont, Montréal, PQ, Canada.

OBJECTIVE. The purpose of our study was to retrospectively evaluate the clinical, imaging, and pathologic findings of breast hemangiomas in 16 patients.

CONCLUSION. 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.

Keywords: breast tumor • hemangioma • mammography • sonography

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