Abstract
Fibroadenoma is the most commonly diagnosed benign tumour in adolescents and young women but spontaneous infarction in fibroadenoma is rarely seen. We report here a case of spontaneously infracted fibroadenoma in a 20 year old unmarried female without history of trauma or previous fine needle aspiration. It is important to recognize this entity because microscopic findings in an infarct are influenced by the duration of the infarct and on cytology it mimics mastitis, duct ectasia and even carcinoma.
Highlights
Fibroadenomas are benign tumours arising from the epithelium and stroma of the terminal duct lobular unit and constitute 20% of all the benign breast lumps [1]
Delarue and Redon (1949) were the first to describe the infarction of fibroadenoma [7]
Since spontaneous infarcts are frequently associated with pregnancy and lactation, they are commonly reported in women younger than 35 years [8], but a rare case of a spontaneous infarction in a 58-year-old postmenopausal women has been reported [9]
Summary
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