TY - JOUR
T1 - Diagnostic challenges of benign breast phyllodes tumour
T2 - A rapid-growing tumour during pregnancy caused breast loss. A case report
AU - Pankratjevaite, Lina
AU - Samulionis, Amuras
AU - Miliou, Theodora
N1 - Copyright © 2021 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.. All rights reserved.
PY - 2021/5
Y1 - 2021/5
N2 - INTRODUCTION: Phyllodes tumours are rare breast neoplasms. It is especially rare in pregnancy.PRESENTATION OF CASE: We report a case of a 37-year-old woman with left breast benign phyllodes tumour, which started to grow very fast during pregnancy. The tumour was too big for breast-conserving surgery and it was necessary to remove the whole left breast. Patient underwent successful nipple-skin-sparing mastectomy with immediate silicone implant reconstruction.CONCLUSION: Breast phyllodes are classified as benign, borderline, and malignant. Standard treatment of breast phyllodes is surgery. The choice of surgery type depends on the tumour factors and breast size. We highlight that, inadequate treatment of phyllodes tumour can result to recurrence, growth, or even metastatic spread, when tumour has malignant potential.
AB - INTRODUCTION: Phyllodes tumours are rare breast neoplasms. It is especially rare in pregnancy.PRESENTATION OF CASE: We report a case of a 37-year-old woman with left breast benign phyllodes tumour, which started to grow very fast during pregnancy. The tumour was too big for breast-conserving surgery and it was necessary to remove the whole left breast. Patient underwent successful nipple-skin-sparing mastectomy with immediate silicone implant reconstruction.CONCLUSION: Breast phyllodes are classified as benign, borderline, and malignant. Standard treatment of breast phyllodes is surgery. The choice of surgery type depends on the tumour factors and breast size. We highlight that, inadequate treatment of phyllodes tumour can result to recurrence, growth, or even metastatic spread, when tumour has malignant potential.
KW - Breast phyllodes
KW - Case report
KW - Pregnancy
KW - Rare breast disease
KW - Surgery
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ijscr.2021.105866
DO - 10.1016/j.ijscr.2021.105866
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 33862409
SN - 2210-2612
VL - 82
JO - International Journal of Surgery Case Reports
JF - International Journal of Surgery Case Reports
M1 - 105866
ER -