Huge malignant phyllodes breast tumor: A real entity in a new era of early breast cancer

Alberto Testori; Stefano Meroni; Valentina Errico; Roberto Travaglini; Emanuele Voulaz; Marco Alloisio

doi:10.1186/s12957-015-0508-7

Huge malignant phyllodes breast tumor: A real entity in a new era of early breast cancer

Alberto Testori, Stefano Meroni, Valentina Errico, Roberto Travaglini, Emanuele Voulaz, Marco Alloisio

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Abstract

Phyllodes tumor is an extremely rare tumor of the breast. It occurs in females in the third and fourth decades. The difficulty in distinguishing between phyllodes tumors and benign fibroadenoma may lead to misdiagnosis. Lymph node involvement is rarely described in phyllodes tumors; for this reason, sentinel node biopsy may be warranted. We present a case of a 33-year-old woman affected by huge tumor of the right breast with ulceration in the skin with a rapid tumor growth and with omolateral axillary metastasis.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1-4
Number of pages	4
Journal	World Journal of Surgical Oncology
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1186/s12957-015-0508-7
Publication status	Accepted/In press - Feb 27 2015

Keywords

Axillary metastasis
Breast cancer
Phyllodes breast tumor

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Oncology
Surgery

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Huge malignant phyllodes breast tumor: A real entity in a new era of early breast cancer

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