Recurrent giant phyllodes tumour in a 17-year-oldfemale: a rare case report
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2020
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Oxford Academic
Abstract
Phyllodes tumours (PTs) are rare fibroepithelial tumours of the breast with incidence accounting for <1% in the general population. Availability of reports on PTs with size of 31 cm or more in diameter in the literature are extremely rare. Herein, the case of a 17-year-old female patient with a giant recurrent right breast PT is reported. Histologically, the tumour showed proliferation of stromal tumour cells consisting of spindle cells with uniform nuclear chromatin, inconspicuous nucleoli, abundant eosinophilic cytoplasm and proliferation labelling index for Ki67 of <10%. PTs require meticulous surgical excision due to the fact that they have a high rate of recurrence and status of surgical margins must be included in the pathology report. This is because recurrent cases of PTs tend to grow faster than the primary ones with a high chance of transforming to malignancy.
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Full text report. Also available at https://doi.org/10.1093/omcr/omaa089
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Immunology, Oncology, Endocrinology and metabolism, Geriatrics and gerontology, Phyllodes tumours, PTs, Fibroepithelial tumours, Breast tumours, Breast tumor
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Yahaya, J. J. (2020). Recurrent giant phyllodes tumour in a 17-year-old female: a rare case report. Oxford Medical Case Reports, 2020(10).