Phyllodes tumor masquerading as a fungating breast mass
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Phyllodes tumor masquerading as a fungating breast mass
Phyllodes tumor of the breast is an uncommonly encountered disease. The tumor presenting as fungating breast mass or 'ruptured' breast is an even more rare presentation of an unusual disease. This report documents the case of a 60-year-old female with delayed presentation of a large exophytic mass of the left breast. Biopsy of this lesion was non-diagnostic, so excision via left total mastectom...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Surgical Case Reports
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2042-8812
DOI: 10.1093/jscr/rjx220