title: Rare Benign Entities of the Breast - Myoid Hamartoma and Capillary Hemangioma.
abstract: Hamartomas can occur in different areas of the breast, but they are rarely found in the breast. Myoid hamartomas with smooth muscle cells of the type described here are particularly unusual. The pathogenesis of this benign entity with its tendency to growth and recurrence is not clear. Excision is the therapy of choice. Capillary hemangiomas are rare vascular malformations of the breast which, in contrast to cavernous hemangiomas, usually remain clinically occult. It is important to differentiate these benign findings from malignant angiosarcoma. The possible heterogeneities between myoid hamartoma and capillary hemangioma using current breast imaging methods for the differential diagnosis (high-resolution ultrasound, duplex sonography, shear wave elastography, digital mammography, minimally invasive intervention) are discussed together with an overview of the literature.
authors.affiliation: UKSH Campus Kiel, Bereich Mammadiagnostik und Intervention, Kiel.
authors.forename: F K
authors.initials: FK
authors.lastname: Schäfer
authors.affiliation: UKSH Campus Kiel, Bereich Mammadiagnostik und Intervention, Kiel.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Biernath-Wuepping
authors.affiliation: UKSH Campus Kiel, Klinik für Gynäkologie und Geburtshilfe, Kiel.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Eckmann-Scholz
authors.affiliation: UKSH Campus Kiel, Bereich Mammadiagnostik und Intervention, Kiel.
authors.forename: B M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Order
authors.affiliation: Institut für Pathologie, UKSH Campus Kiel, Kiel.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mathiak
authors.affiliation: UKSH Campus Kiel, Klinik für Gynäkologie und Geburtshilfe, Kiel.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Hilpert
authors.affiliation: UKSH Campus Kiel, Klinik für Gynäkologie und Geburtshilfe, Kiel.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Strauss
authors.affiliation: UKSH Campus Kiel, Klinik für Gynäkologie und Geburtshilfe, Kiel.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Jonat
authors.affiliation: UKSH Campus Kiel, Bereich Mammadiagnostik und Intervention, Kiel.
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Schäfer
keywords: breast; mammography; ultrasound