HAMARTOMA OF THE BREAST - SURGICAL-TREATMENT AND RECONSTRUCTION - CASE-REPORT

Citation
L. Blomqvist et al., HAMARTOMA OF THE BREAST - SURGICAL-TREATMENT AND RECONSTRUCTION - CASE-REPORT, Scandinavian journal of plastic and reconstructive surgery and hand surgery, 31(4), 1997, pp. 365-368
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery
ISSN journal
02844311
Volume
31
Issue
4
Year of publication
1997
Pages
365 - 368
Database
ISI
SICI code
0284-4311(1997)31:4<365:HOTB-S>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
Hamartoma of the breast is a rare and usually benign tumour with a var iable growth pattern. Slowly increasing breast asymmetry is the most c ommon clinical finding. Smaller hamartomas are often diagnosed on mamm ography. Simple enucleation and secondary expansion of the breast tiss ue are often sufficient to restore breast symmetry but sometimes, as i n the two cases presented, reconstruction is necessary.