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Hemangioma of the male breast: Presentation after thorn injury
Hemangiomas of the breast are uncommon and, in males, almost always present as a palpable breast mass. Here, we report the case of a male patient who was diagnosed with a breast hemangioma following an incidental injury to his breast, which triggered symptoms that prompted clinical work-up. As this...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8171138/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34131501 http://dx.doi.org/10.1259/bjrcr.20200187 |
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author | Alwani, Ali Imran Schwartz, Mary R. Riddle, Barrett C. Caplan, Richard Ware, Lewis L. |
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description | Hemangiomas of the breast are uncommon and, in males, almost always present as a palpable breast mass. Here, we report the case of a male patient who was diagnosed with a breast hemangioma following an incidental injury to his breast, which triggered symptoms that prompted clinical work-up. As this diagnosis likely would have otherwise not been made, it follows that benign breast masses in males may be underreported and underdiagnosed. |
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spelling | pubmed-81711382021-06-14 Hemangioma of the male breast: Presentation after thorn injury Alwani, Ali Imran Schwartz, Mary R. Riddle, Barrett C. Caplan, Richard Ware, Lewis L. BJR Case Rep Case Report Hemangiomas of the breast are uncommon and, in males, almost always present as a palpable breast mass. Here, we report the case of a male patient who was diagnosed with a breast hemangioma following an incidental injury to his breast, which triggered symptoms that prompted clinical work-up. As this diagnosis likely would have otherwise not been made, it follows that benign breast masses in males may be underreported and underdiagnosed. The British Institute of Radiology. 2021-01-13 /pmc/articles/PMC8171138/ /pubmed/34131501 http://dx.doi.org/10.1259/bjrcr.20200187 Text en © 2021 The Authors. Published by the British Institute of Radiology https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Alwani, Ali Imran Schwartz, Mary R. Riddle, Barrett C. Caplan, Richard Ware, Lewis L. Hemangioma of the male breast: Presentation after thorn injury |
title | Hemangioma of the male breast: Presentation after thorn injury |
title_full | Hemangioma of the male breast: Presentation after thorn injury |
title_fullStr | Hemangioma of the male breast: Presentation after thorn injury |
title_full_unstemmed | Hemangioma of the male breast: Presentation after thorn injury |
title_short | Hemangioma of the male breast: Presentation after thorn injury |
title_sort | hemangioma of the male breast: presentation after thorn injury |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8171138/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34131501 http://dx.doi.org/10.1259/bjrcr.20200187 |
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