Intramuscular hemangioma of the thoracic wall: Diagnostic challenge mimicking breast pathology—A case report
Ma del Rosario García Calderón, Karina Pesce, Fernando Bañuelos Noriega, Lucia Alejandra Carrillo Calvo, Carolina Arroyo Zayas, Javier Cuevas Alvarado, Carolina Higuera Velázquez, Herman Isaac Tenorio Naranjo, Alberto Rubio Muñoz, Amador Ramírez · 2026
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Ma del Rosario García Calderón and a large team report a 2026 case of a benign blood vessel tumor inside the chest wall muscle of a 54-year-old woman. Routine breast imaging showed one breast larger than the other and raised suspicion of a breast lesion. Such muscle tumors are rare and often mimic breast disease.
Mammography, ultrasound, magnetic resonance imaging, and computed tomography together located the mass in the pectoralis major muscle, separate from breast tissue. The combined imaging features fit an intramuscular hemangioma. The patient declined a biopsy, so no tissue confirmation was obtained. The authors stress that cross-sectional imaging can prevent a wrong breast-centered workup when a chest wall tumor hides behind breast asymmetry.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Ma del Rosario García Calderón, Karina Pesce, Fernando Bañuelos Noriega, Lucia Alejandra Carrillo Calvo, Carolina Arroyo Zayas, Javier Cuevas Alvarado, Carolina Higuera Velázquez, Herman Isaac Tenorio Naranjo, Alberto Rubio Muñoz, Amador Ramírez |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 13 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |