Giant fibroadenoma in postmenopausal female

Giant fibroadenoma, with an overall incidence of <4%, is an uncommon variant of fibroadenoma. It is common in adolescent age group but sporadic in the elderly. The important differential is phyllodes tumor of the breast which also presents as rapidly enlarging mass. We herein report a case of a m...

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Published inThe journal of Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences Vol. 23; no. 2; pp. 95 - 97
Main Authors Ahluwalia, Vandana, Saharan, Prerna, Chauhan, Ankita
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Wolters Kluwer India Pvt. Ltd 01.07.2018
Medknow Publications and Media Pvt. Ltd
Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
Subjects
Breast arterial calcification
elderly female
giant fibroadenoma
microcalcification
Postmenopausal women
elderly female
giant fibroadenoma
microcalcification
Breast arterial calcification
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Summary:Giant fibroadenoma, with an overall incidence of <4%, is an uncommon variant of fibroadenoma. It is common in adolescent age group but sporadic in the elderly. The important differential is phyllodes tumor of the breast which also presents as rapidly enlarging mass. We herein report a case of a middle-aged woman with an unusually large fibroadenoma in the right breast and vascular calcification in the left breast.
ISSN:0971-9903
DOI:10.4103/jmgims.jmgims_55_16