Abstract
Fibroadenoma is the most commonly diagnosed benign tumour in adolescents and young women. It constitute 20 % of all benign breast tumours. Spontaneous infarction in fibroadenoma is rarely seen. We report three such cases of spontaneous infarction of fibroadenoma over varied age groups which posed us with diagnostic dilemma at our every step. The possibility of this entity should be considered while diagnosing the breast lumps.
Highlights
Fibroadenoma is a benign tumour arising from the epithelium and stroma of the terminal duct lobular unit
The entity poses a diagnostic dilemma of inflammatory lesions and inflammatory carcinoma breast due to their similarities in clinical manifestation and cytological features.[2]-[4] we report three such cases which posed clinical and diagnostic difficulty and our experience resolving them
2.1 Case 1 A 20 year unmarried lady presented to surgical outpatient department (OPD) with one month history of painful lump in the left breast, which was gradually increasing in size
Summary
Fibroadenoma is a benign tumour arising from the epithelium and stroma of the terminal duct lobular unit. Calcification, ossification, myxoid and apocrine squamous metaplasia.[1] Infarction is a very rare complication; which occurs during pregnancy, lactation, after fine needle aspiration procedure or trauma. The entity poses a diagnostic dilemma of inflammatory lesions and inflammatory carcinoma breast due to their similarities in clinical manifestation and cytological features.[2]-[4] we report three such cases which posed clinical and diagnostic difficulty and our experience resolving them
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