3.5
FIBROADENOMA
Firm well defined painless lesion.
this is a benign tumour and is usually
present in young females.
The lump is :
* Freely mobile
* Non Tender
and there is:
* No nipple distortion
* No discharge
* No lymph gland enlargement
Treatment is the removal of the lump
3.6
Phylloides Tumour also named cystosarcoma phylloides is most
often a benign unilateral enlargement of
the breast normally seen
in women over 40 years. It can also occur in young females. Can
ulcerate but remains mobile on chest
wall (no adherance).
It is a variant of fibroadenoma showing
rapid growth and assuming
giant size.
and
gives rise to
local recurrence if there
is incomplete
removal.
About 10% of
these lesions produce metastasis.
TREATMENT
By surgical
excession.
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