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Analysis of the mammographic and sonographic features of pseudoangiomatous stromal hyperplasia.

Hargaden GC, Yeh ED, Georgian-Smith D, Moore RH, Rafferty EA, Halpern EF, McKee GT

Division of Breast Imaging, Department of Radiology, Avon Comprehensive Breast Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA. gormlaith.hargaden@breastcheck.ie

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to describe the imaging findings in 149 patients with pseudoangiomatous stromal hyperplasia (PASH) who had undergone at least 4 years of clinical follow-up for detection of subsequent malignancy. CONCLUSION: PASH is a common entity that presents with benign imaging features without evidence of subsequent malignant potential. At our institution, in the absence of suspicious features a diagnosis of PASH at core biopsy is considered sufficient, and surgical excision has been obviated.

Published 23 July 2008 in AJR Am J Roentgenol, 191(2): 359-63.
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