1. Hamartoma of the Breast: Surgical Treatment and Reconstruction: Case Report
- Author
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Roland Fernstad, Lennart Blomqvist, and Maj Malm
- Subjects
congenital, hereditary, and neonatal diseases and abnormalities ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Adolescent ,Hamartoma ,Mammaplasty ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Mammary gland ,Breast asymmetry ,Breast Diseases ,medicine ,Humans ,Mammography ,skin and connective tissue diseases ,Surgical treatment ,Breast tissue ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,business.industry ,General Medicine ,Middle Aged ,medicine.disease ,Surgery ,Plastic surgery ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Female ,business - Abstract
Hamartoma of the breast is a rare and usually benign tumour with a variable growth pattern. Slowly increasing breast asymmetry is the most common clinical finding. Smaller hamartomas are often diagnosed on mammography. Simple enuclea-tion and secondary expansion of the breast tissue are often sufficient to restore breast symmetry but sometimes, as in the two cases presented, reconstruction is necessary.
- Published
- 1997