| Literature DB >> 33585101 |
Jitendra S Nigam1, Prerna Tewari1, Tanya Prasad1, Tarun Kumar1, Anil Kumar2.
Abstract
Fibroadenoma (FA) is a benign, painless, solid breast tumor that commonly occurs in young adult females. The term complex FA is used when it is associated with any of the following: cyst >3 mm, epithelial calcifications, sclerosing adenosis, or papillary apocrine metaplasia. FAs of size more than 5 cm or weighing more than 500 g are considered as giant FAs. Giant FAs are rare, and because of hormonal sensitivity, they commonly occur in pregnant or lactating women. We report the case of a 26-year-old female with a large breast mass that was clinically as well as grossly masquerading as breast carcinoma and turned out to be a giant complex FA on microscopy.Entities:
Keywords: breast; calcifications; carcinoma; cyst; fibroadenoma
Year: 2021 PMID: 33585101 PMCID: PMC7872482 DOI: 10.7759/cureus.12611
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Cureus ISSN: 2168-8184