Wednesday, 18 June 2008

Sonographic and Mammographic Appearances of Breast Hemangioma

Sonographic and Mammographic Appearances of Breast Hemangioma
Benoit Mesurolle, Vitaly Sygal, Lucie Lalonde, Andre Lisbona, Michel-Pierre Dufresne, Jean H. Gagnon, and Ellen Kao
AJR 2008;191:17-22

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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

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