Volume: 6 Issue: 3
Year: 2018, Page: 74-75,
Introduction :Mammary gland hamartoma are uncommon benign tumour like lesions. The pathogenesis still poorly understood and because of its rarity, often under reported by clinicians and pathologist. We reported a case of 36 year female with left breast lump treated by simple excision and histologically diagnosed as Mammary gland hamartoma.Present case reported to increased the awareness of this poorly recognized benign entity and although hamartoma is usually benign ,a malignant transformation is possible.
Keywords: Hamartomas, imaging, histology, surgery
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