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Myofibroblastoma of the Breast: A Rare Cause of Breast Lump in a Postmenopausal Woman

A breast mass in a postmenopausal age woman is treated with a high index of clinical suspicion for malignancy. Myofibroblastoma (MFB) of the breast is a very rare benign stromal tumor, predominantly occurring in menopausal women and older men. Owing to its rarity, nonspecific radiology, cytomorpholo...

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Autores principales: Khatib, Yasmeen, Pandey, Vinita, Khade, Archana L., Pandey, Rahul
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5879850/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29628731
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jmh.JMH_59_17
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author Khatib, Yasmeen
Pandey, Vinita
Khade, Archana L.
Pandey, Rahul
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description A breast mass in a postmenopausal age woman is treated with a high index of clinical suspicion for malignancy. Myofibroblastoma (MFB) of the breast is a very rare benign stromal tumor, predominantly occurring in menopausal women and older men. Owing to its rarity, nonspecific radiology, cytomorphology, and many variants, it can be confused with other malignant and benign breast lesions and hence can be a source of diagnostic pitfall. We present a case of an MFB of the breast in a 55-year-old female, which was detected on a routine screening mammography. Fine-needle aspiration cytology was inconclusive. Final diagnosis was made by histopathology and immunohistochemistry examination. We report this case as the likelihood of encountering MFB has increased in recent years due to routine mammographic screening, and this lesion should be kept in the differential diagnosis of spindle-cell lesions of the breast.
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spelling pubmed-58798502018-04-06 Myofibroblastoma of the Breast: A Rare Cause of Breast Lump in a Postmenopausal Woman Khatib, Yasmeen Pandey, Vinita Khade, Archana L. Pandey, Rahul J Midlife Health Case Report A breast mass in a postmenopausal age woman is treated with a high index of clinical suspicion for malignancy. Myofibroblastoma (MFB) of the breast is a very rare benign stromal tumor, predominantly occurring in menopausal women and older men. Owing to its rarity, nonspecific radiology, cytomorphology, and many variants, it can be confused with other malignant and benign breast lesions and hence can be a source of diagnostic pitfall. We present a case of an MFB of the breast in a 55-year-old female, which was detected on a routine screening mammography. Fine-needle aspiration cytology was inconclusive. Final diagnosis was made by histopathology and immunohistochemistry examination. We report this case as the likelihood of encountering MFB has increased in recent years due to routine mammographic screening, and this lesion should be kept in the differential diagnosis of spindle-cell lesions of the breast. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2018 /pmc/articles/PMC5879850/ /pubmed/29628731 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jmh.JMH_59_17 Text en Copyright: © 2018 Journal of Mid-life Health http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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Myofibroblastoma of the Breast: A Rare Cause of Breast Lump in a Postmenopausal Woman
title Myofibroblastoma of the Breast: A Rare Cause of Breast Lump in a Postmenopausal Woman
title_full Myofibroblastoma of the Breast: A Rare Cause of Breast Lump in a Postmenopausal Woman
title_fullStr Myofibroblastoma of the Breast: A Rare Cause of Breast Lump in a Postmenopausal Woman
title_full_unstemmed Myofibroblastoma of the Breast: A Rare Cause of Breast Lump in a Postmenopausal Woman
title_short Myofibroblastoma of the Breast: A Rare Cause of Breast Lump in a Postmenopausal Woman
title_sort myofibroblastoma of the breast: a rare cause of breast lump in a postmenopausal woman
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5879850/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29628731
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jmh.JMH_59_17
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