An adolescent with a phyllodes tumor: A case report and review

Phyllodes tumors are rare fibroepithelial tumors that account for less than 0.5% of all breast tumors. Presentation in children is even rarer. In this paper, we describe a case of an adolescent with a phyllodes tumor. The rare presentation at this age, its distinguishing features, the preoperative d...

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Autores principales: Makhija, Deepa, Shah, Hemanshi, Bothra, Jyoti, Jayaswal, Shalika
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre 2016
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Instructive Case
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6372421/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30805490
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpam.2016.03.005
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author Makhija, Deepa
Shah, Hemanshi
Bothra, Jyoti
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description Phyllodes tumors are rare fibroepithelial tumors that account for less than 0.5% of all breast tumors. Presentation in children is even rarer. In this paper, we describe a case of an adolescent with a phyllodes tumor. The rare presentation at this age, its distinguishing features, the preoperative diagnostic difficulties, and the management protocols of this uncommon tumor are highlighted.
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spelling pubmed-63724212019-02-25 An adolescent with a phyllodes tumor: A case report and review Makhija, Deepa Shah, Hemanshi Bothra, Jyoti Jayaswal, Shalika Int J Pediatr Adolesc Med Instructive Case Phyllodes tumors are rare fibroepithelial tumors that account for less than 0.5% of all breast tumors. Presentation in children is even rarer. In this paper, we describe a case of an adolescent with a phyllodes tumor. The rare presentation at this age, its distinguishing features, the preoperative diagnostic difficulties, and the management protocols of this uncommon tumor are highlighted. King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre 2016-12 2016-04-29 /pmc/articles/PMC6372421/ /pubmed/30805490 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpam.2016.03.005 Text en © 2016, King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre (General Organization), Saudi Arabia. Production and hosting by Elsevier B.V. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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title_short An adolescent with a phyllodes tumor: A case report and review
title_sort adolescent with a phyllodes tumor: a case report and review
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6372421/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30805490
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpam.2016.03.005
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