OBJECTIVE To analyze the cytologic findings of sclerosing adenosis of the breast. STUDY DESIGN We reviewed the fine needle aspiration (FNA) cytologic slides of 7 cases of sclerosing adenosis of the breast and compared the cytologic findings with those of 10 cases of fibroadenoma and 7 cases of fibrocystic change. RESULTS The smears of sclerosing adenosis were moderately to markedly cellular...

Mammary sclerosing lobular hyperplasia (SLH) is a rare, benign, fibroproliferative tumour-like lesion of adolescent and young women often of African-American heritage. Fine-needle aspiration cytology of mammary SLH shows characteristic features that include an absence of stromal fragments. We report a 45-year-old woman who presented with a gradually enlarging, painless, mobile 4-cm tumour in he...

Fibroadenomas are a type of benign tumor that occur in young women below the age of 35 years old. The tumors are the second most common type of tumor after fibrocystic disease. The chance of carcinoma arising in a fibroadenoma is extremely low. To date, <130 such cases have been reported. Previous studies have reported that fibroadenomas can evolve into a number of different types of malignancy...

background: spontaneous infarction is an uncommon complication of fibroadenoma of the breast. although infarction following fine needle aspiration (fna) has been reported in the literature, infarction encountering on first time aspiration is very rare. lack of knowledge of this entity may lead to an erroneous diagnosis of inflammatory lesion like mastitis and carcinoma on cytology smears. case...

OBJECTIVE To investigate chemokine receptor CXCR1 expression characteristic in different breast tissues and analyze the relationship between CXCR1 expression changes in breast cancer tissue and efficacy of neo-adjuvant chemotherapy. RESULTS Chemokine receptor CXCR1 was lowly expressed in normal breast tissues and breast fibroadenoma, but highly expressed in breast cancer. It was significantly...

Breast cancer is the most common malignancy in women, accounting for 14 % of all cancers India; it accounts &amp;#60; 1% cases men. leading cause death worldwide. The study aims to assess expression p53 and Survivin Fibroadenoma Invasive carcinoma no special type its prognostic importance. A total number 75 are included study, out which 34 reported by two histopathologists as invasive NST (duct...

CONTEXT The malignant variety of the phyllodes tumor is rare. The occurrence of invasive lobular carcinoma within fibroadenoma is rare as well. DESIGN Case report. CASE REPORT A 58-year-old black female patient was referred to the Mastology unit of the Department of Gynecology, Federal University of São Paulo / Escola Paulista de Medicina, in February 1990, presenting an ulcerated tumor in ...

This article has presented a rare case of multiple fibroadenomas of the breasts and axillary accessory breast. In the light of current knowledge, the most proper management is discussed. A 37-year-old woman was referred to our Breast Service due to complaint of a right axillary accessory breast nodule. On physical examination, there were no palpable breast nodules. Bilateral axillary accessory ...

Results: An average 469 new patients per year or 11 new patients per clinic visit were reviewed over a two and a half year period. Females predominated (98.9%). The mean age of the patients was 34.71 years (range 1 to 96 years). The average age at menarche was 14.49 years and the mean duration of symptoms was 6.86 months. Only 2.6% of 843 patients had a positive family history of breast disease...