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Breast Hamartoma

MedGen UID:
116039
•Concept ID:
C0238032
•
Disease or Syndrome

Definition

A benign, circumscribed and usually encapsulated lesion of the breast. It contains all the components of the breast tissue. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVBreast Hamartoma

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Hereditary breast cancer: an update on risk assessment and genetic testing in 2015.
Stuckey AR, Onstad MA
Am J Obstet Gynecol 2015 Aug;213(2):161-5. Epub 2015 Mar 3 doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2015.03.003. PMID: 25747548
Cowden syndrome and the PTEN hamartoma tumor syndrome: systematic review and revised diagnostic criteria.
Pilarski R, Burt R, Kohlman W, Pho L, Shannon KM, Swisher E
J Natl Cancer Inst 2013 Nov 6;105(21):1607-16. Epub 2013 Oct 17 doi: 10.1093/jnci/djt277. PMID: 24136893
Practical aspects of genetic counseling in breast cancer: lights and shadows.
Christinat A, Pagani O
Breast 2013 Aug;22(4):375-82. Epub 2013 May 11 doi: 10.1016/j.breast.2013.04.006. PMID: 23673076

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Breast hamartoma: reassessment of an under-recognised breast lesion.
Alran L, Chamming's F, Auriol-Leizagoyen S, Velasco V, Deleau F, Brouste V, Bonhomme B, Ben Rejeb H, Marty M, MacGrogan G
Histopathology 2022 Jan;80(2):304-313. Epub 2021 Sep 22 doi: 10.1111/his.14544. PMID: 34403159
Breast hamartoma: Ultrasound, elastosonographic, and contrast-enhanced ultrasound features.
Liu G, Wang ZL, Zhang MK, He Y, Liu Y
J Cancer Res Ther 2019;15(4):864-870. doi: 10.4103/jcrt.JCRT_711_18. PMID: 31436244
Myoid hamartoma of breast with chondroid metaplasia: a case report.
Khoo JJ, Alwi RI, Abd-Rahman I
Malays J Pathol 2009 Jun;31(1):77-80. PMID: 19694319
Hamartoma of the breast: a clinicopathological review.
Tse GM, Law BK, Ma TK, Chan AB, Pang LM, Chu WC, Cheung HS
J Clin Pathol 2002 Dec;55(12):951-4. doi: 10.1136/jcp.55.12.951. PMID: 12461066Free PMC Article
Muscular hamartoma of the breast: a rare breast lesion containing smooth muscle.
Khunamornpong S, Chaiwun B, Wongsiriamnuay S
J Med Assoc Thai 1997 Oct;80(10):675-9. PMID: 10904573

Diagnosis

Breast hamartoma: reassessment of an under-recognised breast lesion.
Alran L, Chamming's F, Auriol-Leizagoyen S, Velasco V, Deleau F, Brouste V, Bonhomme B, Ben Rejeb H, Marty M, MacGrogan G
Histopathology 2022 Jan;80(2):304-313. Epub 2021 Sep 22 doi: 10.1111/his.14544. PMID: 34403159
Breast hamartoma: Ultrasound, elastosonographic, and contrast-enhanced ultrasound features.
Liu G, Wang ZL, Zhang MK, He Y, Liu Y
J Cancer Res Ther 2019;15(4):864-870. doi: 10.4103/jcrt.JCRT_711_18. PMID: 31436244
Giant left breast hamartoma in a 45-year-old woman.
Ghaedi Y, Howlett D
BMJ Case Rep 2018 Sep 30;2018 doi: 10.1136/bcr-2018-226012. PMID: 30275025Free PMC Article
Breast hamartoma: a clinicopathologic analysis of 27 cases and a literature review.
Sevim Y, Kocaay AF, Eker T, Celasin H, Karabork A, Erden E, Genc V
Clinics (Sao Paulo) 2014 Aug;69(8):515-23. doi: 10.6061/clinics/2014(08)03. PMID: 25141109Free PMC Article
Breast hamartoma.
Watson L
Radiol Technol 2001 Jul-Aug;72(6):611-3. PMID: 11480339

Therapy

Breast hamartoma: reassessment of an under-recognised breast lesion.
Alran L, Chamming's F, Auriol-Leizagoyen S, Velasco V, Deleau F, Brouste V, Bonhomme B, Ben Rejeb H, Marty M, MacGrogan G
Histopathology 2022 Jan;80(2):304-313. Epub 2021 Sep 22 doi: 10.1111/his.14544. PMID: 34403159
Sonographic Features of a Myeloid Sarcoma of the Breast as a Relapse of Acute Myeloid Leukemia After Stem-Cell Transplantation: A Case Report.
Kim SJ, Kim WG
Am J Case Rep 2019 Apr 28;20:612-619. doi: 10.12659/AJCR.915453. PMID: 31030205Free PMC Article
Bilateral hamartoma arising in axillary accessory mammary glands. Case report.
Kuroda N, Goishi K, Ohara M, Hirouchi T, Mizumo K, Nakagawa K
APMIS 2006 Jan;114(1):77-8. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0463.2006.apm_349.x. PMID: 16499666

Prognosis

Breast hamartoma: Ultrasound, elastosonographic, and contrast-enhanced ultrasound features.
Liu G, Wang ZL, Zhang MK, He Y, Liu Y
J Cancer Res Ther 2019;15(4):864-870. doi: 10.4103/jcrt.JCRT_711_18. PMID: 31436244
The First Case of HER2+ Invasive Ductal Carcinoma Arising From a Breast Hamartoma and Literature Review.
Baer L, Rogers SC, Farrelly P, Tornos C, Sweeney K
J Natl Med Assoc 2017 Spring;109(1):55-59. Epub 2016 Dec 30 doi: 10.1016/j.jnma.2016.10.002. PMID: 28259217
Adenolipoma of the breast.
Nili F, Ghanbari P, Ghanadan A
Malays J Pathol 2015 Apr;37(1):67-70. PMID: 25890618
Reduction mammaplasty in the surgical management of a giant breast hamartoma: case report.
Sng KW, Hong SW, Foo CL
Ann Acad Med Singap 2001 Nov;30(6):639-41. PMID: 11817295
Muscular hamartoma of the breast: a rare breast lesion containing smooth muscle.
Khunamornpong S, Chaiwun B, Wongsiriamnuay S
J Med Assoc Thai 1997 Oct;80(10):675-9. PMID: 10904573

Clinical prediction guides

Sonographic Features of a Myeloid Sarcoma of the Breast as a Relapse of Acute Myeloid Leukemia After Stem-Cell Transplantation: A Case Report.
Kim SJ, Kim WG
Am J Case Rep 2019 Apr 28;20:612-619. doi: 10.12659/AJCR.915453. PMID: 31030205Free PMC Article
Adenolipoma of the breast.
Nili F, Ghanbari P, Ghanadan A
Malays J Pathol 2015 Apr;37(1):67-70. PMID: 25890618
Breast hamartoma: a clinicopathologic analysis of 27 cases and a literature review.
Sevim Y, Kocaay AF, Eker T, Celasin H, Karabork A, Erden E, Genc V
Clinics (Sao Paulo) 2014 Aug;69(8):515-23. doi: 10.6061/clinics/2014(08)03. PMID: 25141109Free PMC Article

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