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Breast hamartoma: a case report.

Gatti G, Mazzarol G, Simsek S, Viale G

Division of Breast Surgery, European Institute of Oncology, via Ripamonti 435, Milan, 20141, Italy. giovanna.gatti@ieo.it

Breast hamartoma is an uncommon benign lesion, composed of varying amounts of fatty, fibrous and glandular elements. It can present as a breast mass and therefore additional care needs to be taken to rule it out in the differential diagnosis of breast carcinoma. We report a case of a breast hamartoma treated at the European Institute of Oncology.

Published 4 February 2005 in Breast Cancer Res Treat, 89(2): 145-7.
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