Breast masses are uncommon in adolescents but can cause significant distress to the affected individual. They are usually benign fibroadenomas, intraductal papilloma, or phyllodes tumors. Malignant phyllodes tumors and primary breast cancer are very rare in adolescents but have been diagnosed before. Treatment of benign lesions is usually local excision, whereas malignant lesions usually need c...

Breast masses are uncommon in adolescents but can cause significant distress to the affected individual. They are usually benign fibroadenomas, intraductal papilloma, or phyllodes tumors. Malignant phyllodes tumors and primary breast cancer are very rare in adolescents but have been diagnosed before. Treatment of benign lesions is usually local excision, whereas malignant lesions usually need c...

Malignant phyllodes tumors of the breast are a rare entity. They occur infrequently but most often in younger women in comparison to typical epithelial-based breast cancers. Treatment of these tumors is not without controversy and in this review we will present an update on the diagnosis and management of malignant phyllodes tumors of the breast.