An 11-year-old girl with rapidly enlarging bilateral breast lumps is reported. It was diagnosed as a case of juvenile fibroadenoma following fine needle aspiration cytology and confirmed on histopathological examination of the excised specimens.

Breast hamartomas (BH) account for 3.9-4.8% of all breast tumors. The myoid or the muscular variant, Myoid Breast Hamartoma (MBH) is exceptionally rare with less than 30 reported cases in the English medical literature. This paper reports a case of MBH in 53year old female who presented with 6-year-old left breast lump which has been gradually increasing in size. Clinically, the mass was sugges...

Fibroadenomas are abundantly reported in the literature with several papers documenting the natural progression and clinical outcomes of thousands of cases. Juvenile fibroadenomas (also called cellular fibroadenomas) are frequently characterized by rapid growth, often described as 5-10 cm in size. They constitute approximately 7%-8% of fibroadenomas. They often measure greater than 5 cm. Pathol...

Submit Manuscript | http://medcraveonline.com postmenopausal women, especially those receiving estrogen replacement therapy has been documented [3]. Giant (juvenile or cellular) fibroadenoma is a rare variant of fibroadenoma accounting for 0.5-2 per cent of all cases of fibroadenomas [4] and is characterized by its large size and rapid growth [5]. This subtype has been also been defined as fibr...

The incidence of breast cancer with fibroadenoma (FAM) in young patients is a rarely reported case, <1% all cases women suffering from cancer. This case report aims to highlight the importance considering presence FAM and at same time age be treated comprehensively. A 31-year-old woman complaints lump pain. Mother has history lumps. There were no menstrual disturbances use hormonal contracep...

Fibroadenomas are benign solid tumor associated with aberration of normal lobular development. Juvenile giant fibroadenoma is usually single and >5 cm in size /or >500 gms in weight. Important differential diagnoses are: phyllodes tumor and juvenile gigantomastia. Simple excision is the treatment of choice.

We present a case of an 18-year-old woman with recurrent bilateral giant fibroadenomas that were evaluated by mammography and sonography with color Doppler. Imaging revealed solid lobulated masses with significant internal vascularity occupying most of each breast; this evaluation suggested a differential diagnosis of giant fibroadenoma versus phyllodes tumor. The unusual clinical story of recu...

BACKGROUND Fibroadenoma is the commonest benign tumor of female breast. It is particularly common in young women in Africa. METHOD This paper describes the clinicopathologic features of fibroadenoma of breast in African women from central Ghana and compares them to the data from African-American women. RESULTS Fibroadenomas constituted 47.7% of all palpable breast masses. The median age of ...