Open AccessPECULIARITIES OF DIAGNOSIS IN THE PHYLLODES TUMOR
Author(s) -
Octavian Andronic,
Daniel Ion,
I Marin,
Georgiana Radu,
Dan Nicolae Păduraru
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of surgical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2457-5364
pISSN - 2360-3038
DOI - 10.33695/jss.v2i1.93
Subject(s) - fibroadenoma , medicine , histopathology , phyllodes tumor , radiology , biopsy , ultrasonography , breast cancer , cancer , pathology
Phyllodes tumor (PT) is an uncommon and distinct category of breast cancer, being a particular form of intracanalicular fibroadenoma. A definitive diagnosis is difficult to make just based on imaging investigations and fine needle biopsy; also PTs are frequently misinterpreted as breast fibroadenomas. In the case of of a 26-year old woman with a suspected PT (based on clinical investigation) which was first diagnosed as a fibroadenoma using ultrasonography and preoperative biopsy, further investigation was needed. A limited resection was performed and the postoperative histopathology confirmed the diagnosis as PT.