Abstract
A 73-year-old woman presenting with a right breast mass is described.
The patient underwent lumpectomy under a diagnosis of breast cancer. However, histopathologically the surgical specimen was tubular adenoma of the breast. This is a rare benign tumor that is difficult to differentiate from breast cancer clinically, especially in elderly patients. We describe two reported cases of tubular adenoma in patients older than 65-years in Japan, as well as the present case.
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Abbreviations
- MRI:
-
Magnetic resonance
- FNA:
-
Fine needle aspiration
- ESJs:
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epithelial-stromal junctions
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Nishimori, H., Sasaki, M., Hirata, K. et al. Tubular adenoma of the breast in a 73-year-old Woman. Breast Cancer 7, 169–172 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02967452
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