Fast-growing pseudoangiomatous stromal hyperplasia of the breast: report of a case

Surg Today. 2007;37(11):967-70. doi: 10.1007/s00595-007-3540-6. Epub 2007 Oct 25.

Abstract

Pseudoangiomatous stromal hyperplasia (PASH) is a rare type of benign mesenchymal proliferative disease of the breast. Histologically, it is composed of a proliferation of spindle cells with inter-anastomosing vascular-like arrangement in the interlobular or interductal stroma. Clinically, pseudoangiomatous stromal hyperplasia is usually found in premenopausal women as a discrete, painless mass, which is firm and movable. We report a case of pseudoangiomatous stromal hyperplasia of the breast, which mimicked a malignant mass in that it grew rapidly and ultrasonography showed a lobulating contoured heterogeneous echotexture.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Angiomatosis / diagnostic imaging
  • Angiomatosis / pathology*
  • Angiomatosis / surgery
  • Biopsy, Needle
  • Breast Diseases / diagnostic imaging
  • Breast Diseases / pathology*
  • Breast Diseases / surgery
  • Breast Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Cell Proliferation
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Hyperplasia / diagnostic imaging
  • Hyperplasia / pathology
  • Hyperplasia / surgery
  • Mammography
  • Mastectomy
  • Middle Aged
  • Stromal Cells / pathology*
  • Ultrasonography, Mammary