Color Doppler detection of a breast perilobular hemangioma

[Cavernous hemangioma of the breast: a case report]

Cavernous hemangiomas of the breast are uncommon. Clinical diagnosis is rather difficult. Generally there are coincidental microscopic findings. We present a case of a 67-year-old woman which commenced as a 6 cm palpable mass of the right breast. The use of mammography, ultrasound and MRI facilitate diagnosis. Large surgical excision of the lesion was performed and histology allowed to find a cavernous hemangioma without cellular atypia.

Gadolinium-enhanced dynamic MRI of breast hemangioma

We describe a patient with hemangioma of the breast. The tumor showed an Ill-defined hypointense mass on T1-weighted imaging and hyperintense mass on T2-weighted imaging. After bolus gadolinium injection, the tumor showed heterogeneous enhancement in early phase and in the time-intensity an early intensive enhancement was followed by a plateau. This intensive enhancement in the early phase is not limited to breast carcinoma but can be found in breast hemangiomas as well.

An unusual case of an enlarging mass on a screening mammogram: a case report and review of the radiology and current literature

We report the case of a woman who was recalled after screening because an opacity seen on her previous screening mammogram had changed in appearance. The new features were of a circumscribed soft-tissue opacity with some lobulation. Ultrasound showed an oval mass which was slightly hypoechoic compared to the surrounding fatty parenchyma and contained small focal anechoic areas. The lesion was biopsied and found to be a cavernous haemangioma. Haemangioma of the breast is a rare cause of a well-circumscribed soft-tissue mass on a mammogram.