title: Breast haematomas: same appearance, different diagnosis.
abstract: We report two cases of patients presenting as breast haematomas but with uncommon underlying pathology. One patient had a bilateral breast augmentation by a peculiar method of inserting shredded cellophane packing. A haematoma developed after a fall and subsequently became infected. The second patient was on long-term anticoagulant therapy and developed a haematoma through bleeding from an occult malignant lesion. Both cases demonstrate the need to obtain histology--especially in the elderly, where history and clinical examination may confound diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: Breast Clinic, St Mary's Hospital, London.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shrotria
authors.forename: M W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Ghilchik
mesh_terms: D001941:Breast Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006406:Hematoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged