title: Giant hamartoma of the breast.
abstract: Hamartoma of the breast is a rare clinico-pathologic entity. Its clinical diagnosis can be extremely difficult; however, diagnosis is not difficult when it is made on the basis of a combination of radiologic and pathologic features. Its differential diagnosis includes a circumscribed fibrocystic mass, fibroadenoma, lipoma, cystosarcoma phylloides, and various carcinomas. A high index of suspicion is mandatory. In this study, we report a case of giant hamartoma of the breast in a young postlactational female patient, including treatment of the tumor by excisional biopsy and correction of the resulting breast deformity by mastopexy. Clinical, radiologic, and pathologic features are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Division of Plastic Surgery, the University of Illinois at Chicago, 820 South Wood Street, Chicago, IL 60612-7316, USA.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Weinzweig
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Botts
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Marcus
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001940:Breast / Q000473:pathology; D001941:Breast Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006222:Hamartoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D016462:Mammaplasty