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


CONCLUSIONS
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.
Mesurolle
Benoît
B
Department of Radiology, Cedar Breast Clinic, McGill University Health Center, Royal Victoria Hospital, 687 Pine Ave. W, Montréal, PQ H3G 1A4, Canada. bmesurolle@yahoo.fr
Sygal
Vitaly
V
Lalonde
Lucie
L
Lisbona
André
A
Dufresne
Michel-Pierre
MP
Gagnon
Jean H
JH
Kao
Ellen
E
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008327:Mammography / Q000379:methods*; D008875:Middle Aged; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D016217:Ultrasonography, Mammary / Q000379:methods