IngentaConnect Mammary Hibernoma

Authors: Colville, Jane¹; Feigin, Kimberly²; Tang, Laura³; Keating, Delia²; Cohen, Michael A.⁴

Source: The Breast Journal, Volume 12, Number 6, November/December 2006 , pp. 563-565(3)

Abstract:

We report the case of a 39-year-old asymptomatic woman who presented for screening mammography. Mammography revealed a round, partially circumscribed, partially indistinct, noncalcified 4.5 cm mass in upper outer right breast. This vaguely palpable mass appeared as a well-circumscribed, oval, hyperechoic, parallel, septated mass on sonography. Ultrasound-guided core biopsy led to the diagnosis of hibernoma. Few cases of hibernomas have been reported in the English literature, and their occurrence in the breast is particularly rare [Eur J Surg Oncol 26 (2000) 430; Am J Surg Pathol 25 (2001) 809]. To our knowledge, this is the first case of mammary hibernoma in which the ultrasonographic and mammographic features of this unusual entity are demonstrated.

Keywords: benign neoplasm; breast; hibernoma; mammography; soft tissue tumor; ultrasound

Document Type: Research article

DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4741.2006.00346.x

Affiliations: 1: Department of Radiology, Adelaide and Meath Hospital Incorporating the National Children's Hospital, Tallaght, Dublin, Ireland 2: Memorial Sloan Kettering-Guttman Diagnostic Center, New York, New York 3: Department of Pathology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York 4: Department of Radiology, Breast Imaging Center, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia

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