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Breast Hamartoma with Unusual Imaging Features Cover

Breast Hamartoma with Unusual Imaging Features

Journal of Cancer and Allied Specialties
Volume 11 (2025): Issue 1 (January 2025)
By: Palwasha Gul,  Jonathan James,  Mohamad Hajaj and  Dima AlNajjar  
Open Access
|Jun 2025

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Figure 1.

(a) CC and (b) MLO views of hamartoma, seen as encapsulated heterogenous mass in the lower and inner breast with central macrocalifications and distortion (arrows).
(a) CC and (b) MLO views of hamartoma, seen as encapsulated heterogenous mass in the lower and inner breast with central macrocalifications and distortion (arrows).

Figure 2.

(a) US of hamartoma showing a central small hypoechoic area with associated acoustic shadowing (arrow). (b) The thin echogenic pseudocapsule can also be appreciated (arrowheads).
(a) US of hamartoma showing a central small hypoechoic area with associated acoustic shadowing (arrow). (b) The thin echogenic pseudocapsule can also be appreciated (arrowheads).

Figure 3.

(a) CC and (b) MLO views of mammogram, showing circumscribed mass with pseudocapsule (arrow heads) and central area of distorsion (arrow) in the left lower central breast.
(a) CC and (b) MLO views of mammogram, showing circumscribed mass with pseudocapsule (arrow heads) and central area of distorsion (arrow) in the left lower central breast.

Figure 4a & b.

US shows well defined oval mass with central hypoechoic shadowing area (arrowheads) corresponding to mammographic distortion.
US shows well defined oval mass with central hypoechoic shadowing area (arrowheads) corresponding to mammographic distortion.

Figure 5.

Mammogram showing post VAB marker insertion (arrow).
Mammogram showing post VAB marker insertion (arrow).
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jcas-2025-0005 | Journal eISSN: 2411-989X
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Language: English
Page range: 29 - 33
Published on: Jun 4, 2025
Published by: Shakuat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Centre
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 2 issues per year
Keywords:
benign,
hamartoma,
imaging
Related subjects:
Medicine,
Clinical medicine,
Internal medicine,
Internal medicine, other,
Haematology, oncology,
Pediatrics and juvenile medicine,
Paediatric haematology and oncology,
Surgery,
Surgery, other

© 2025 Palwasha Gul, Jonathan James, Mohamad Hajaj, Dima AlNajjar, published by Shakuat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Centre
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