A Male Patient With Breast Hamartoma: An Uncommon Finding

Abstract

Mammary hamartoma is a rare type of breast tumor that is composed of the same elements as normal mammary tissue. This condition is very rare in men. In current literature, there are fewer than five case reports on male breast hamartoma. This benign pathology is underreported because of several reasons. Since breast tumors are still considered an exclusively female diagnosis and statistically proven to be gynecomastia when arising in men, they are often overlooked. In addition to the uncommon clinical presentation in men, insufficiency of definitive pathologic and radiologic characteristics can make an accurate diagnosis a challenging task. Mammary hamartoma is a benign condition with an excellent prognosis. The following case describes a rare instance of an enlarging mammary hamartoma in a male patient, highlighting the imaging features, pathohistological findings, and clinical management.

Breast hamartoma: A case series of 4 hamartoma cases including a rare myoid hamartoma of male breast

“…First case was 36-year man, second was a 13-year-old boy, third was 30-year-old man, fourth was a 41-year-old man. [10][11][12] The probable reason for rarity of this lesion in males is under-reporting of cases as most of the cases are over looked as gynecomastia.…”