Incidental Breast Hemangioma on Breast MRI: A Case Report

Vascular tumors of the breast are rare, but benign hemangiomas are the most common type. Capillary hemangiomas are a subset of benign vascular tumors that involve smaller vessel sizes. They are difficult to diagnose with mammography and ultrasound, as they lack pathognomonic features and are frequen...

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Published inCurēus (Palo Alto, CA) Vol. 16; no. 4; p. e57903
Main Authors Bancroft, Ashley, Santa Cruz, Jr, John, Levett, Kaitlyn, Nguyen, Quan D
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Cureus Inc 09.04.2024
Cureus
Subjects
Biopsy
Blood vessels
Breast cancer
Case reports
Hemangioma
Histology
Kinetics
Lumpectomy
Lymphatic system
Mammography
Mastectomy
Pathology
Radiology
Sarcoma
Tumors
Ultrasonic imaging
United States > US
rare vascular tumor
screening mammogram
breast ultrasound
mri breast
benign vascular tumor
breast hemangioma
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Summary:Vascular tumors of the breast are rare, but benign hemangiomas are the most common type. Capillary hemangiomas are a subset of benign vascular tumors that involve smaller vessel sizes. They are difficult to diagnose with mammography and ultrasound, as they lack pathognomonic features and are frequently not seen. MRI is the most sensitive imaging tool. The lesions appear similar to angiosarcoma or ductal carcinoma in situ on imaging, which further complicates the diagnosis. A biopsy of the lesions is required for a definitive diagnosis. In this report, a 49-year-old female with newly diagnosed breast cancer is incidentally found to have a capillary hemangioma on staging breast MRI that was confirmed with a biopsy and excised along with the primary breast cancer with a partial mastectomy. The imaging findings of breast hemangioma on mammography, ultrasound, and MRI are also reviewed and described in this report.
ISSN:2168-8184
2168-8184
DOI:10.7759/cureus.57903