Vulvar fibroadenoma: a common neoplasm in an uncommon site
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Vulvar fibroadenoma: a common neoplasm in an uncommon site
Vulvar fibroadenomas are sporadic lesions informed in the literature and a controversy about origin has been discussed widely. We report a case of a 19 years old woman with a large slow growing mass in the right labia majora with the final diagnosis of fibroadenoma with mammary tissue surrounding it and positive hormone receptors. In this case, we support the origin in ectopic mammary tissue.
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عنوان ژورنال: World Journal of Surgical Oncology
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1477-7819
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7819-7-70