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

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.