Giant fibroadenoma in postmenopausal female
Giant fibroadenoma, with an overall incidence of <4%, is an uncommon variant of fibroadenoma. It is common in adolescent age group but sporadic in the elderly. The important differential is phyllodes tumor of the breast which also presents as rapidly enlarging mass. We herein report a case of a m...
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| author | Vandana Verma Ahluwalia Prerna Singh Saharan Ankita Chauhan |
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| description | Giant fibroadenoma, with an overall incidence of <4%, is an uncommon variant of fibroadenoma. It is common in adolescent age group but sporadic in the elderly. The important differential is phyllodes tumor of the breast which also presents as rapidly enlarging mass. We herein report a case of a middle-aged woman with an unusually large fibroadenoma in the right breast and vascular calcification in the left breast. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d9b3a64a81bb4025a8a2c3648e2e0b2c2022-12-21T23:44:25ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsJournal of Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences0971-99032018-01-01232959710.4103/jmgims.jmgims_55_16Giant fibroadenoma in postmenopausal femaleVandana Verma AhluwaliaPrerna Singh SaharanAnkita ChauhanGiant fibroadenoma, with an overall incidence of <4%, is an uncommon variant of fibroadenoma. It is common in adolescent age group but sporadic in the elderly. The important differential is phyllodes tumor of the breast which also presents as rapidly enlarging mass. We herein report a case of a middle-aged woman with an unusually large fibroadenoma in the right breast and vascular calcification in the left breast.http://www.jmgims.co.in/article.asp?issn=0971-9903;year=2018;volume=23;issue=2;spage=95;epage=97;aulast=AhluwaliaBreast arterial calcificationelderly femalegiant fibroadenomamicrocalcification |
| spellingShingle | Vandana Verma Ahluwalia Prerna Singh Saharan Ankita Chauhan Giant fibroadenoma in postmenopausal female Journal of Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences Breast arterial calcification elderly female giant fibroadenoma microcalcification |
| title | Giant fibroadenoma in postmenopausal female |
| title_full | Giant fibroadenoma in postmenopausal female |
| title_fullStr | Giant fibroadenoma in postmenopausal female |
| title_full_unstemmed | Giant fibroadenoma in postmenopausal female |
| title_short | Giant fibroadenoma in postmenopausal female |
| title_sort | giant fibroadenoma in postmenopausal female |
| topic | Breast arterial calcification elderly female giant fibroadenoma microcalcification |
| url | http://www.jmgims.co.in/article.asp?issn=0971-9903;year=2018;volume=23;issue=2;spage=95;epage=97;aulast=Ahluwalia |
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