J Korean Soc Magn Reson Med.  2012 Dec;16(3):271-275. 10.13104/jksmrm.2012.16.3.271.

MR Findings of Hamartoma of the Breast: A Report of Two Cases

• Nam SY
• Han BK
• Lee S
• Lee K

• KMID: 2099865
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.13104/jksmrm.2012.16.3.271

Abstract

Breast hamartoma is a relatively rare pathology, composed of various amount of mammary glandular, fatty and fibrous tissue. Here, we report MR findings of two cases of hamartomas; one of them was incidentally found in her left breast during preoperative MRI in a woman with right breast cancer, and the other was presented as a large palpable mass. Both of them were confirmed by surgical excision. Breast hamartoma shows a well-defined mass with mixed signal intensity on T2-weighted image MRI and a little or focal enhancement on contrast-enhanced MRI.

Keyword

Breast neoplasms; Hamartoma; Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)

MeSH Terms

Breast
Breast Neoplasms
Female
Hamartoma
Humans