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Pleomorphic Adenoma of Breast: A Radiological and Pathological Study of a Common Tumor in an Uncommon Location
- Source :
- Case Reports in Pathology, Vol 2015 (2015), Case Reports in Pathology
- Publication Year :
- 2015
- Publisher :
- Hindawi Limited, 2015.
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Abstract
- Pleomorphic adenoma occurs commonly in the major salivary glands but is uncommonly encountered in the breast. In both of these locations, the tumor is typically grossly circumscribed and has a “mixed” histological appearance, being composed of myoepithelial and epithelial components amid a myxochondroid matrix. Herein, we report a case of pleomorphic adenoma of the breast which was preoperatively thought to represent a fibroadenoma on clinical and radiological grounds. It is the rarity of the tumor in the breast, rather than its histological appearance, that causes diagnostic difficulty.
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- ISSN :
- 2090679X and 20906781
- Volume :
- 2015
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Case Reports in Pathology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....b43a7d9ee5d5d80b0c06c9681945a0e6