Open AccessA case report of desmoid type fibromatosis of the breast
Author(s) -
Lina Pankratjevaitė,
Ieva Ceslevičienė,
Lina Poškienė,
Algirdas Boguševičius
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
lietuvos chirurgija
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1648-9942
pISSN - 1392-0995
DOI - 10.15388/lietchirur.2019.18.12
Subject(s) - fibromatosis , medicine , right breast , breast carcinoma , rare disease , disease , histopathological examination , pathology , breast cancer , cancer
Background. Desmoid type fibromatosis of the breast is a rare fibroblastic proliferative disease. It may be sporadic or associated with trauma, Gardner’s syndrome, etc. Desmoid tumour of the breast is a benign, locally aggressive disease. However, it does not metastasize. Case report. We report a case of a 65-year-old woman with right breast desmoid type fibromatosis. Conclusions. Diagnosis of breast desmoid tumour is difficult: clinically and radiologically it may mimic carcinoma. Definitive diagnosis is proved just by histopathological examination results. First choice treatment of breast fibromatosis is a radical surgical excision.