Carcinoma Breast-Like Giant Complex Fibroadenoma: A Clinical Masquerade

Jitendra S Nigam; Prerna Tewari; Tanya Prasad; Tarun Kumar; Anil Kumar

doi:10.7759/cureus.12611

Carcinoma Breast-Like Giant Complex Fibroadenoma: A Clinical Masquerade

Cureus. 2021 Jan 10;13(1):e12611. doi: 10.7759/cureus.12611.

Authors

Jitendra S Nigam¹, Prerna Tewari¹, Tanya Prasad¹, Tarun Kumar¹, Anil Kumar²

Affiliations

¹ Pathology/Lab Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Patna, IND.
² Surgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Patna, IND.

Abstract

Fibroadenoma (FA) is a benign, painless, solid breast tumor that commonly occurs in young adult females. The term complex FA is used when it is associated with any of the following: cyst >3 mm, epithelial calcifications, sclerosing adenosis, or papillary apocrine metaplasia. FAs of size more than 5 cm or weighing more than 500 g are considered as giant FAs. Giant FAs are rare, and because of hormonal sensitivity, they commonly occur in pregnant or lactating women. We report the case of a 26-year-old female with a large breast mass that was clinically as well as grossly masquerading as breast carcinoma and turned out to be a giant complex FA on microscopy.

Keywords: breast; calcifications; carcinoma; cyst; fibroadenoma.

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Case Reports