Abstract
Concomitant occurrence of phyllodes tumor with an in situ or invasive carcinoma in the breast is an uncommon phenomenon and has been reported sparingly. We describe a rare case of simultaneous bilateral intraductal and infiltrating duct carcinoma with coexisting fibroadenomas and phyllodes tumor. To the best of our knowledge, only 19 cases of invasive carcinoma with phyllodes tumor have been reported so far and lymph node metastases has been described only once. A 43year-old woman presented with multiple bilateral breast lumps. Core biopsies revealed phyllodes tumor in the right breast and invasive duct carcinoma of the left breast. Simple mastectomy done for right breast showed foci of invasive carcinoma arising in phyllodes tumor. Metastasis was detected in the left axillary lymph nodes. This case is being reported to create awareness of this rare transformation, which has significant prognostic and therapeutic implications.
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