Abstract
This report describes an exceedingly rare case of a benign cartilage-containing breast tumor that developed in the right breast of a 52-year-old woman. She found the mass on self examination. Physical examination revealed a 1.5 x 1.4 cm, firm, smooth and mobile lump in the lower medial quadrant close to the nipple of the right breast.
Mammography revealed a slightly indistinct margined, oval-shaped, and high density nodule without microcalcifications. On ultrasonography, the lesion was a hypoechoic, oval-shaped mass with an echogenic spot. The border was slightly rough. Fine needle aspiration cytology revealed some giant cells and necrotic tissue. Excisional biopsy was then performed. Histopathologically, the lesion consisted of islands of mature hyaline cartilage with intervening strands of fibrous stroma. Mammary lobules and ducts were lacking within the mass. Fat and muscular components were not present. Therefore chondromatous tumor of the breast was diagnosed.
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Uchida, N., Shiojima, M., Sasamoto, H. et al. A case of chondromatous tumor of the breast. Breast Cancer 11, 206–209 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02968303
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